03208cam a2200373 4500 597734613 TxAuBib 20220730120000.0 ||||||s2006||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780739349328 0739349325 c1cfc23e-319f-45ee-94dd-cef8ba07e6c4 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 109897 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Viesturs, Ed. No Shortcuts to the Top [Libby Audiobook] : Climbing the World's 14 Highest Peaks. Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group, 2006. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 349MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 348MB. HTML:THIS GRIPPING AND TRIUMPHANT MEMOIR FOLLOWS A LIVING LEGEND OF EXTREME MOUNTAINEERING AS HE MAKES HIS ASSAULT ON HISTORY, ONE 8,000-METER SUMMIT AT A TIME.<br /> For eighteen years Ed Viesturs pursued climbing’s holy grail: to stand atop the world’s fourteen 8,000-meter peaks, without the aid of bottled oxygen. But No Shortcuts to the Top is as much about the man who would become the first American to achieve that goal as it is about his stunning quest. As Viesturs recounts the stories of his most harrowing climbs, he reveals a man torn between the flat, safe world he and his loved ones share and the majestic and deadly places where only he can go.<br /> Viesturs lives by an unyielding motto, “Reaching the summit is optional. Getting down is mandatory.” It is with this philosophy that he vividly describes fatal errors in judgment made by his fellow climbers as well as a few of his own close calls and gallant rescues. And, for the first time, he details his own pivotal and heroic role in the 1996 Everest disaster made famous in Jon Krakauer’s Into Thin Air.<br /> No Shortcuts to the Top is more than the first full account of one of the staggering accomplishments of our time; it is a portrait of a brave and devoted family man and his beliefs that shaped this most perilous and magnificent pursuit. Biography & Autobiography. Sports & Recreations. Nonfiction. Travel. Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2022-07-30 20:00:03. Roberts, David, 1970- Hoye, Stephen. https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-25/1191-1/109897-NoShortcutsToTheTop.wma Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1191-1/109897-NoShortcutsToTheTop.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=C1CFC23E-319F-45EE-94DD-CEF8BA07E6C4&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-25/1191-1/109897-NoShortcutsToTheTop.wma Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1191-1/109897-NoShortcutsToTheTop.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=C1CFC23E-319F-45EE-94DD-CEF8BA07E6C4&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)