Named one of the "Five Adventure Books You Need to Read This
Summer" by Backpacker Magazine For readers of Into Thin Air,
riveting high-altitude drama and the passion and drive that inspire
outsized mountaineering achievements. Master of Thin Air opens with
a fall that the author very nearly could not stop down an almost
vertical rock ramp leading to a three-thousand-foot drop. The
qualities that saved him then on K2 in addition to his
mountaineering know-how and sheer good luck drove his sixteen-year
journey to summit all of the world's eight-thousanders, the
fourteen peaks that exceed 8,000 meters (26,000-plus feet) and take
climbers into the death zone. Incredibly, he accomplished that feat
without the aid of bottled oxygen for every mountain but one. By
preference, he climbed solo or in small teams, without Sherpas.
During twenty-three expeditions, he spent a total of three years
clinging to the sides of dangerous mountains. He lost more than
twenty climbing friends and, in April 2014, witnessed Everest's
deadliest avalanche. His book is a riveting, often thrilling
account of what it takes to challenge the Earth's highest peaks and
survive. It tells of death-defying ascents and even riskier
descents, the gut-dropping consequences of the smallest mistakes or
even just bad luck, the camaraderie and human drama of expeditions,
the exhilaration of altitude. It is also the inspiring story of
what motivates a person to achieve an extraordinary dream, a story
of passion, resourcefulness, self-motivation, and hope even in the
most dire moments. Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Sports
Publishing imprint, is proud to publish a broad range of books for
readers interested in sports books about baseball, pro football,
college football, pro and college basketball, hockey, or soccer, we
have a book about your sport or your team. In addition to books on
popular team sports, we also publish books for a wide variety of
athletes and sports enthusiasts, including books on running,
cycling, horseback riding, swimming, tennis, martial arts, golf,
camping, hiking, aviation, boating, and so much more. While not
every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a
national bestseller, we are committed to publishing books on
subjects that are sometimes overlooked by other publishers and to
authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.
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