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Beyond the Mountain
Beyond the Mountain | Steve House
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What does it take to be one of the world's best high-altitude mountain climbers? A lot of fundraising; traveling in some of the world's most dangerous countries; enduring cold bivouacs, searing lungs, and a cloudy mind when you can least afford one. It means learning the hard lessons the mountains teach. Steve House built his reputation on ascents throughout the Alps, Canada, Alaska, the Karakoram and the Himalaya that have expanded possibilities of style, speed, and difficulty. In 2005 Steve and alpinist Vince Anderson pioneered a direct new route on the Rupal Face of 26,600-foot Nanga Parbat, which had never before been climbed in alpine style. It was the third ascent of the face and the achievement earned Steveand Vince the first Piolet d"or (Golden Ice Axe) awarded to North Americans. Steve is an accomplished and spellbinding storyteller in the tradition of Maurice Herzog and Lionel Terray. Beyond the Mountain is a gripping read destined to be a mountain classic. And it
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Beyond the Mountain | Steve House
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Finished this on my long drive to London and back plus a week of tube rides.

First off - how awesome is the Libby app!

Second - I started off really not enjoying this book but by the end of it I was totally into it. Narrated by the author - to begin with he seemed like such an arrogant twerp and then I realised he was just being honest about who he was as a young man. What followed was a brilliant and honest account of a life of climbing.

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