Eiger dreams : ventures among men and mountains
(2009)
By:
Krakauer, Jon
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
796.522/KRAKAUER,J
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
Guilford, Conn. : Lyons Press, [2009]
©2009
©2009
DESCRIPTION
xiv, 188 pages ; 23 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9781599216102, 1599216108 :, 1599216108, 9781599216102, 99933670540
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Originally published: New York : Lyons & Burford, 1990
Eiger dreams -- Gill -- Valdez ice -- On being tentbound -- The flyboys of Talkeetna -- Club Denali -- Chamonix -- Canyoneering -- A mountain higher than Everest? -- The Burgess Boys -- A bad summer on K2 -- The Devils Thumb
A collection of stories about the hardships and victories of mountaineering by Jon Krakauer, reprinted from magazines such as "Outside," and "Smithsonian."