Clawing For The Stars A Solo Climber In The Highest Andes
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Clawing For The Stars
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Author : Bob Villarreal
language : en
Publisher: Abbott Press
Release Date : 2014-03
Clawing For The Stars written by Bob Villarreal and has been published by Abbott Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-03 with Travel categories.
The author describes his mountain climbing adventures in the high Andes, beginning in his forties, completing over 30 climbs, many of them alone.
Clawing For The Stars A Solo Climber In The Highest Andes
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Author : Bob Villarreal
language : en
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Release Date : 2022-05-12
Clawing For The Stars A Solo Climber In The Highest Andes written by Bob Villarreal and has been published by AuthorHouse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-05-12 with Travel categories.
In this book, the author describes his climbing adventures prior to his solo mountaineering days. He began with mountains in Ecuador guided by American Alpine Institute, culminating in a climb of the highest peak in the country, Chimborazo (20,564 feet), in 1989. Because of its height and its proximity to the Equator, it is the highest mountain on Earth when measured from sea level and closest to the Sun when measured from the Earth's core. The next year, he went to Bolivia with the same company and climbed peaks there, the most notable, Illimani (21,122 feet). In 1991, he journeyed to Argentina to attempt the highest mountain in the Andes, Aconcagua (22,841 feet), by the difficult Polish Glacier Direct route, once more with AAI. After that expedition, he felt he had the skills to try things on his own, and he tells of certain of those climbs in his, "Clawing for the Stars. A Solo Climber in the Highest Andes".
Clawing For The Stars
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Author : Bob Villarreal
language : en
Publisher: Abbott Press
Release Date : 2014-03-07
Clawing For The Stars written by Bob Villarreal and has been published by Abbott Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-03-07 with Travel categories.
When most altitude climbers reach their mid-forties, they slow down—but for Bob Villarreal, these years marked the beginning of his climbing career rather than the end. At forty, he took a rock-climbing class, but it wasn’t what he was looking for. In a moment of pure and life-changing serendipity, an article about climbing the Andes lit a new fire within him, and an obsession was born. At that point, Bob retired from business and took up mountain climbing. He lost his heart to the staggering, raw, and wild beauty of the High Andes, returning there time and time again to challenge himself, almost always on his own. In defiance of the basic rules of wilderness exploration, Bob traveled solo, well aware that calamity was only one loose rock away and that his survival was never guaranteed. One might wonder why anyone – especially someone in middle age -- would climb alone in the Andes even once, let alone nineteen times (out of thirty total climbs). It’s a question that Villarreal himself can’t adequately answer. Was he in search of adventure, danger, or deeper meaning in his life—and did he ever find his elusive purpose on the mountain? This memoir recalls his perilous adventures on famous Andean peaks as well as mountains in the remotest parts of the Andes along the lengthy border between Chile and Argentina.
The Adventure Chronicles Of Conquistador Pedro De M Rida
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Author : Bob Villarreal
language : en
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Release Date : 2021-07-20
The Adventure Chronicles Of Conquistador Pedro De M Rida written by Bob Villarreal and has been published by AuthorHouse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-07-20 with History categories.
A date known to most in the Western World is 1492, when the discovery of the Americas by Columbus closed out the Middle Ages and set the stage for the modern history of the New World. Many military expeditions of but a few hundred men sent forth by the King left Spain for the new territories. During these momentous times, one of these adventurers, Pedro de Mérida, became a conquistador and chronicler of the New World, one who would leave a vibrant record of his exploits in Chile and Peru for us. The Adventure Chronicles of Conquistador Pedro de Mérida is an unforgettable travel adventure back to a remote land and age when the search for gold and power dominated men’s actions as historical events shook the foundation of the mighty Inca Empire.
Neglected Crops
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Author : J. Esteban Hernández Bermejo
language : en
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
Release Date : 1994
Neglected Crops written by J. Esteban Hernández Bermejo and has been published by Food & Agriculture Org. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Business & Economics categories.
About neglected crops of the American continent. Published in collaboration with the Botanical Garden of Cord�ba (Spain) as part of the Etnobot�nica92 Programme (Andalusia, 1992)
Mother Of God
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Author : Paul Rosolie
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2014-05-08
Mother Of God written by Paul Rosolie and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-05-08 with Travel categories.
Madre de Dios – ‘Mother of God’ – is a place where the Andean Cloud Forest intermingles with the steaming tropical jungle at the head of the Amazon river. Here can be found the greatest proliferation of living species that has ever existed on Earth, ever. And it is a place which is now under grave threat. Paul Rosolie has travelled to the very heart of this wilderness in search of rare flora and fauna. His adventures – with giant anacondas, huge cayman, the mighty jaguar and one very small anteater – are by turn thrilling, terrifying and revelatory. Paul crosses some of the world’s harshest terrain and encounters some of its most extreme weather conditions. He battles with life-threatening tropical diseases and the extreme mental challenges presented by being alone in the heart of the jungle. Mother of God is an astonishing tale of adventure and survival, set in one of the world’s few remaining truly wild places. It’s a story of nature, red in tooth and claw, and how we must both respect its awesome power and protect its extraordinary glory.
Hortica
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Author : Alfred Byrd Graf
language : en
Publisher: MacMillan Publishing Company
Release Date : 1992
Hortica written by Alfred Byrd Graf and has been published by MacMillan Publishing Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with House plants categories.
The third book in Dr. Graf's renowned series of pictorial encyclopedias on ornamental plants in horticulture, this book present, in a kaleidoscope of eight thousand color photographs, more than ten thousand ornamental and fruited plants and trees, including herbaceous perennials and annuals, cacti and other succulents, flowering shrubs and trees, water plants, climbers and creepers, bamboos and grasses, fruits and berries, and exotic plants for indoors, for every climate worldwide. Each entry includes a description of the plant's native habitat and its climatic preferences, including its USDA zone.
Poems By Emily Dickinson
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Author : Emily Dickinson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1890
Poems By Emily Dickinson written by Emily Dickinson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1890 with American poetry categories.
No Way Down
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Author : Graham Bowley
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2011-03-24
No Way Down written by Graham Bowley and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-03-24 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
No Way Down is the the gripping, terrifying story of a brutal struggle for survival on the upper slopes of the Himalayan K2, the world's most hostile terrain, by Graham Bowley. K2, August 1st, 2008. Thirty climbers are attempting the summit of the most savage mountain on Earth. They make it. But before they start their descent an ice shelf collapses, sweeping away their ropes. It is dark. Their lines are gone. They are low on oxygen. And it is getting very, very cold. How many will make it down alive? 'A gripping hour-by-hour dissection of events in the Western Himalayas over three deadly days. A fitting shelfmate to the modern classic Into Thin Air. A cracking read' Sunday Times 'Stories of heroism, sadness and extraordinary endurance against all the odds [are] woven into a thrilling drama' Daily Mail 'Unputdownable. A portrait of extreme courage, folly and loss, leavened by a small dose of survival . . . as complete a version of the calamitous story as will probably ever emerge' Financial Times 'The best mountain-disaster memoir since Into Thin Air' Mail on Sunday Graham Bowley was born in England in 1968. He is a reporter for the New York Times. He lives in Manhattan with his wife and their two daughters and son.
The Conduct Of Life
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Author : Ralph Waldo Emerson
language : en
Publisher: London G. Routledge 1884.
Release Date : 1884
The Conduct Of Life written by Ralph Waldo Emerson and has been published by London G. Routledge 1884. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1884 with Conduct of life categories.