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The Fear Bubble
- Harness Fear and Live Without Limits
- By: Ant Middleton
- Narrated by: Ant Middleton
- Length: 8 hrs and 2 mins
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Ant Middleton is no stranger to fear: as a point man in the Special Forces, he confronted fear on a daily basis, never knowing what lay behind the next corner, or the next closed door....
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nothing good here, move on
- By Andrew on 12-11-19
By: Ant Middleton
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Touching the Void
- By: Joe Simpson
- Narrated by: Andrew Wincott, Daniel Weyman
- Length: 6 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Before climbers Joe Simpson and Simon Yates were able to reach the unclimbed West Face of the remote Siula Grande, disaster struck....
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Don't listen whilst driving!
- By Andrew Matthews on 10-06-15
By: Joe Simpson
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Savage Arena
- By: Joe Tasker
- Narrated by: Stewart Crank
- Length: 13 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Savage Arena is both moving and exciting, an inspirational tale of the adventuring spirit which follows its own path, endlessly seeking new challenges, climbs and difficulties to overcome. It is not reaching the summit which counts, it is the journey to it....
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Gripping stories from the mountains
- By Hayley on 09-10-19
By: Joe Tasker
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A Light Through the Cracks
- A Climber's Story
- By: Beth Rodden
- Narrated by: Beth Rodden
- Length: 10 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Renowned rock climber Beth Rodden’s inspiring memoir about overcoming devastating trauma, refusing to be held hostage by fear, and taking a leap toward healing....
By: Beth Rodden
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Eiger Dreams
- Ventures Among Men and Mountains
- By: Jon Krakauer
- Narrated by: Philip Franklin
- Length: 8 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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This is a stirring, vivid book about one of the most compelling and dangerous of all human pursuits....
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Step by step excitement
- By Amazon Customer on 16-06-19
By: Jon Krakauer
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Seven Steps from Snowdon to Everest
- A Hill Walker's Journey to the Top of the World
- By: Mark Horrell
- Narrated by: Philip Battley
- Length: 11 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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He had been an ordinary hiker who had only read books about mountaineering. When he signed up for an organized trek in Nepal with a group of elderly ladies, little did he know that ten years later he would be attempting to climb the world's highest mountain....
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Funny and educational
- By Anonymous User on 15-07-21
By: Mark Horrell
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The Fear Bubble
- Harness Fear and Live Without Limits
- By: Ant Middleton
- Narrated by: Ant Middleton
- Length: 8 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Ant Middleton is no stranger to fear: as a point man in the Special Forces, he confronted fear on a daily basis, never knowing what lay behind the next corner, or the next closed door....
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nothing good here, move on
- By Andrew on 12-11-19
By: Ant Middleton
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Touching the Void
- By: Joe Simpson
- Narrated by: Andrew Wincott, Daniel Weyman
- Length: 6 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Before climbers Joe Simpson and Simon Yates were able to reach the unclimbed West Face of the remote Siula Grande, disaster struck....
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Don't listen whilst driving!
- By Andrew Matthews on 10-06-15
By: Joe Simpson
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Savage Arena
- By: Joe Tasker
- Narrated by: Stewart Crank
- Length: 13 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Savage Arena is both moving and exciting, an inspirational tale of the adventuring spirit which follows its own path, endlessly seeking new challenges, climbs and difficulties to overcome. It is not reaching the summit which counts, it is the journey to it....
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Gripping stories from the mountains
- By Hayley on 09-10-19
By: Joe Tasker
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A Light Through the Cracks
- A Climber's Story
- By: Beth Rodden
- Narrated by: Beth Rodden
- Length: 10 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Renowned rock climber Beth Rodden’s inspiring memoir about overcoming devastating trauma, refusing to be held hostage by fear, and taking a leap toward healing....
By: Beth Rodden
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Eiger Dreams
- Ventures Among Men and Mountains
- By: Jon Krakauer
- Narrated by: Philip Franklin
- Length: 8 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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This is a stirring, vivid book about one of the most compelling and dangerous of all human pursuits....
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Step by step excitement
- By Amazon Customer on 16-06-19
By: Jon Krakauer
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Seven Steps from Snowdon to Everest
- A Hill Walker's Journey to the Top of the World
- By: Mark Horrell
- Narrated by: Philip Battley
- Length: 11 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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He had been an ordinary hiker who had only read books about mountaineering. When he signed up for an organized trek in Nepal with a group of elderly ladies, little did he know that ten years later he would be attempting to climb the world's highest mountain....
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Funny and educational
- By Anonymous User on 15-07-21
By: Mark Horrell
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K2
- Life and Death on the World's Most Dangerous Mountain
- By: Ed Viesturs, David Roberts
- Narrated by: Fred Sanders
- Length: 12 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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At 28,251 feet, the world's second-tallest mountain, K2 thrusts skyward out of the Karakoram Range of northern Pakistan. Climbers regard it as the ultimate achievement in mountaineering, with good reason....
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Excellent history of climbing K to
- By LtCol RD Rtrd on 24-01-16
By: Ed Viesturs, and others
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Ghosts of K2
- By: Mick Conefrey
- Narrated by: Barnaby Edwards
- Length: 12 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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At 28,251 feet, K2 might be almost 800 feet shorter than Everest, but it’s a far harder climb. It will kill you on the way up and the way down....
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The story behind the story - very good
- By Andrew on 04-11-15
By: Mick Conefrey
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Everest: It's Not About the Summit
- By: Ellis J Stewart
- Narrated by: John Weston
- Length: 9 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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In 2014, Mount Everest was closed to all climbers after a devastating avalanche claimed the lives of 16 Nepali mountain workers ferrying loads up through the Khumbu Icefall on the mountain's southern approach through Nepal....
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Interesting for certain people,but perhaps not all
- By Ben Waddams on 02-10-20
By: Ellis J Stewart
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The Shining Mountain
- By: Peter Boardman
- Narrated by: Stewart Crank
- Length: 8 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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"It’s a preposterous plan. Still, if you do get up it, it’ll be the hardest thing that’s been done in the Himalayas," said Chris Bonington when Peter Boardman and Joe Tasker presented him with a plan to tackle the unscaled west wall of Changabang - the Shining Mountain - in 1976....
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Excellent
- By Mrs Susan J Fraser-Smith on 01-10-20
By: Peter Boardman
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Wanderers
- A History of Women Walking
- By: Kerri Andrews, Kathleen Jamie - Foreword by
- Narrated by: Lauren Baldwin
- Length: 6 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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This is a book about ten women over the past three hundred years who have found walking essential to their sense of themselves, as people and as writers. Wanderers traces their footsteps....
By: Kerri Andrews, and others
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Kiss or Kill
- Confessions of a Serial Climber
- By: Mark Twight
- Narrated by: Jonathan Yen
- Length: 9 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Sit back and join the ride with this collection of edge-of-your-seat climbing stories by Mark Twight, aka Dr. Doom....
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Pretty execrable
- By Mr. A. Wittenberg on 23-01-22
By: Mark Twight
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Up
- My Life’s Journey to the Top of Everest
- By: Ben Fogle, Marina Fogle
- Narrated by: Ben Fogle
- Length: 7 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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In April 2018, seasoned adventurer Ben Fogle and Olympic cycling gold medallist Victoria Pendleton, along with mountaineer Kenton Cool, took on their most exhausting challenge yet – climbing Everest for the British Red Cross to highlight the environmental challenges mountains face....
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My favourite book ever!
- By Stephen on 20-07-19
By: Ben Fogle, and others
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Letters from Everest
- Unpublished Letters from Mallory’s Life and Death in the Mountains
- By: Tom Newton Dunn, George Mallory
- Narrated by: Catherine Bailey, Tom Newton Dunn, Seb Humphreys
- Length: 5 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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A unique collection of unpublished letters from the climbing legend George Mallory to his family, revealing his innermost thoughts about people, places and mountains.
By: Tom Newton Dunn, and others
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Jerry Moffatt - Revelations
- By: Jerry Moffatt
- Narrated by: Stewart Crank
- Length: 12 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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When Jerry Moffatt burst onto the scene as a brash 17-year-old, rock climbing had never seen anyone like him before. Fiercely ambitious, even as a boy Moffatt was focused on one thing: being the best in the world....
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Inspiration
- By Gwyn on 11-06-23
By: Jerry Moffatt
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Rock Climbing for Beginners
- A Complete Beginner’s Guide to Mountaineering
- By: Sam A Connelly
- Narrated by: KC Wayman
- Length: 3 hrs and 28 mins
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There is a misconception that rock climbing is only for tough macho guys and adventure junkies. Rock climbing certainly requires a lot of strength and energy, but this can be acquired by anyone willing to learn and dedicate some of their free time to it....
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listen and turn your curiosity into confidence.
- By Anonymous on 13-01-24
By: Sam A Connelly
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Call-Out
- A Climber's Tales of Mountain Rescue in Scotland
- By: Hamish MacInnes
- Narrated by: James Gibson
- Length: 7 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Call-Out is the definitive collection of tales about early mountain rescue in the Highlands of Scotland from Hamish MacInnes - Everest pioneer and arguably the most famous Scottish mountaineer of the 21st century....
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Terrific book, some horrendous pronunciation !
- By mrs j paterson on 15-10-23
By: Hamish MacInnes
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Alive
- The Story of the Andes Survivors
- By: Piers Paul Read
- Narrated by: Paul Ansdell
- Length: 11 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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On October 12, 1972, a plane carrying a team of young rugby players crashed into the remote, snow-peaked Andes....
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couldn’t finish listening to, returned title...
- By BenGee333 on 17-10-19
By: Piers Paul Read
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127 Hours: Between a Rock and a Hard Place (Movie Tie- In)
- By: Aron Ralston
- Narrated by: Aron Ralston
- Length: 5 hrs and 22 mins
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Yet with the new morning came an epiphany: if he could use the rocks vise-like hold to break his arm bones, his blunted pocketknife could serve as a surgeons blade....
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Excellent Story
- By Kate on 19-09-16
By: Aron Ralston
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The Last Great Mountain
- The First Ascent of Kangchenjunga
- By: Mick Conefrey
- Narrated by: Barnaby Edwards
- Length: 8 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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The Last Great Mountain tells the story of the first ascent of Kangchenjunga the third highest but reputedly the hardest mountain in the world. It was an astonishing achievement for a British team led by Everest veteran Charles Evans....
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Strong book and narration, very poor editing
- By Kderbyshire on 05-09-21
By: Mick Conefrey
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The Mountain
- My Time on Everest
- By: Ed Viesturs, David Roberts - contributor
- Narrated by: Tom Beyer
- Length: 12 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Veteran world-class climber and bestselling author Ed Viesturs—the only American to have climbed all fourteen of the world's 8,000-meter peaks—trains his sights on Mount Everest in richly detailed accounts of expeditions that are by turns personal, harrowing, deadly, and inspiring....
By: Ed Viesturs, and others
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No Shortcuts to the Top
- Climbing the World's 14 Highest Peaks
- By: Ed Viesturs, David Roberts
- Narrated by: Stephen Hoye
- Length: 12 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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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....
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Are you an 8000 m mountain nerd?
- By Emma on 04-02-07
By: Ed Viesturs, and others
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Beyond the Mountain
- By: Steve House, Reinhold Messner - foreword
- Narrated by: Steve House
- Length: 8 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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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....
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Not Great
- By Peter Page on 23-05-23
By: Steve House, and others
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Everest the Cruel Way
- By: Joe Tasker
- Narrated by: Stewart Crank
- Length: 6 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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On 30 January, 1981 Joe Tasker and Ade Burgess stood at 24,000 feet on the west ridge of Mount Everest. Below them were their companions, some exhausted, some crippled by illness, all virtually incapacitated. Further progress seemed impossible....
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People Will Climb Mountains
- By SocialGoose on 28-09-19
By: Joe Tasker
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The Bond: Two Epic Climbs in Alaska and a Lifetime's Connection Between Climbers
- By: Simon McCartney
- Narrated by: RJ Bayley
- Length: 11 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Simon McCartney was a young British alpinist climbing many of the hardest routes in the Alps during the late seventies, but it was a chance meeting in Chamonix in 1977 with Californian "Stonemaster" Jack Roberts that would dramatically change both their lives - and almost end Simon’s....
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interesting book
- By Helen on 09-08-19
By: Simon McCartney
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The Climb
- By: Anatoli Boukreev, G. Weston DeWalt
- Narrated by: Lloyd James
- Length: 9 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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The Climb is a true, gripping, and thought-provoking account of the worst disaster in the history of Mt. Everest: On May 10, 1996, two commercial expeditions headed by experienced leaders...
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The Climb
- By Guy on 15-06-07
By: Anatoli Boukreev, and others
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Wild Winter
- In Search of Nature in Scotland's Mountain Landscape
- By: John D. Burns
- Narrated by: Stewart Crank
- Length: 6 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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In Wild Winter, John D. Burns, best-selling author of The Last Hillwalker and Bothy Tales, sets out to rediscover Scotland’s mountains, remote places and wildlife in the darkest and stormiest months....
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A light but thought-provoking listen
- By Amazon Customer on 28-03-22
By: John D. Burns
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One Day as a Tiger
- Alex Macintyre and the Birth of Light and Fast Alpinism
- By: John Porter
- Narrated by: Stewart Crank
- Length: 12 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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In the autumn of 1982, a single stone fell from high on the south face of Annapurna and struck Alex MacIntyre on the head, killing him instantly and robbing the climbing world of one of its greatest talents....
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Good for mountaineers
- By Gee Jackson on 23-10-19
By: John Porter
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High Crimes
- The Fate of Everest in an Age of Greed
- By: Michael Kodas
- Narrated by: Holter Graham
- Length: 5 hrs and 52 mins
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Much has changed on Mount Everest. A mountain's ability to reduce climbers to their essential selves is revealing villains as well as heroes, greed as well as selflessness....
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Chilling read.
- By jonÃÂ gilbertson on 08-03-19
By: Michael Kodas
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The Black Ridge
- Amongst the Cuillin of Skye
- By: Simon Ingram
- Narrated by: Richard Burnip
- Length: 24 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Rising a kilometre out of the storm-scoured waters around Scotland’s Isle of Skye is a dark battlement of pinnacles and ridgelines: the Cuillin....
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Honest, accurate and passionate.
- By Luke on 25-09-21
By: Simon Ingram
New Releases
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Letters from Everest
- Unpublished Letters from Mallory’s Life and Death in the Mountains
- By: Tom Newton Dunn, George Mallory
- Narrated by: Catherine Bailey, Tom Newton Dunn, Seb Humphreys
- Length: 5 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Letters from Everest is an eye-opening set of personal letters from Mallory to his family, recently discovered hidden in a drawer. In the letters, Mallory is completely open about his life, his climbing and especially the three Everest Expeditions he was a part of – 1921, 1922 and the last in 1924. His writing is full of extraordinary insights – most of which have never been published in any form.
By: Tom Newton Dunn, and others
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All in Adventure Stories
- The Bold Pursuit of Your Potential
- By: Tim Walther
- Narrated by: Tim Walther
- Length: 10 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Buckle up and get ready to embark on an adrenaline-fueled journey inside All In Adventure Stories. With heart-racing accounts of his past 25 years of pushing the limits of adventure in his hometown of Jackson Hole, Wyoming, the iconic Grand Teton National Park, and across the globe, Tim Walther will leave you spellbound, empowered, and ready to seize life by the horns. From extreme skiing to high stakes rock climbing to blue water hunting to exploring the depths of ayahuasca in the Amazon, these eighteen adventure stories will take you on a journey of the human experience lived to the fullest.
By: Tim Walther
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The Dead Mountain
- The Bizarre True Story of the 1959 Dyatlov Pass Incident (Extreme Hiking Disasters)
- By: Daniel Turmoil
- Narrated by: Derik Hendrickson
- Length: 30 mins
- Unabridged
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In the winter of 1959, a group of nine young and experienced hikers embarked on a journey into the Ural Mountains of Russia. Although they had previously undertaken cold-weather trips, this particular expedition would tragically be their last. During their trek, the hikers encountered something unexpected in the supposedly desolate region, resulting in the demise of the entire group. The exact events of that fateful night remain unknown, but the incident has since become one of the world's most perplexing mysteries.
By: Daniel Turmoil
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A Light Through the Cracks
- A Climber's Story
- By: Beth Rodden
- Narrated by: Beth Rodden
- Length: 10 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Renowned rock climber Beth Rodden’s inspiring memoir about overcoming devastating trauma, refusing to be held hostage by fear, and taking a leap toward healing.
By: Beth Rodden
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Headstrap
- Legends and Lore from the Climbing Sherpas of Darjeeling
- By: Deepa Balsavar, Nandini Purandare
- Narrated by: Jeed Saddy
- Length: 11 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Over the course of a decade, authors Nandini Purandare and Deepa Balsavar conducted a series of interviews with Sherpas from Darjeeling, as well as their family members, descendants, friends, and contemporary climbers. Headstrap weaves a vivid tapestry of this particular Sherpa community, giving them the recognition in mountaineering literature that they deserve.
By: Deepa Balsavar, and others
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Everest
- The West Ridge
- By: Thomas Hornbein, Jon Krakauer - foreword
- Narrated by: Tom Beyer
- Length: 8 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1963, Jim Whittaker became the first American to summit Everest via the South Col route. Roughly two weeks after Whittaker's achievement, Tom Hornbein and Willi Unsoeld, fellow American mountaineers on the same expedition, became the first climbers ever to summit the world's highest peak via the dangerous and forbidding West Ridge—a route on which only a handful of climbers have since succeeded.
By: Thomas Hornbein, and others
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Letters from Everest
- Unpublished Letters from Mallory’s Life and Death in the Mountains
- By: Tom Newton Dunn, George Mallory
- Narrated by: Catherine Bailey, Tom Newton Dunn, Seb Humphreys
- Length: 5 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance
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Letters from Everest is an eye-opening set of personal letters from Mallory to his family, recently discovered hidden in a drawer. In the letters, Mallory is completely open about his life, his climbing and especially the three Everest Expeditions he was a part of – 1921, 1922 and the last in 1924. His writing is full of extraordinary insights – most of which have never been published in any form.
By: Tom Newton Dunn, and others
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All in Adventure Stories
- The Bold Pursuit of Your Potential
- By: Tim Walther
- Narrated by: Tim Walther
- Length: 10 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Buckle up and get ready to embark on an adrenaline-fueled journey inside All In Adventure Stories. With heart-racing accounts of his past 25 years of pushing the limits of adventure in his hometown of Jackson Hole, Wyoming, the iconic Grand Teton National Park, and across the globe, Tim Walther will leave you spellbound, empowered, and ready to seize life by the horns. From extreme skiing to high stakes rock climbing to blue water hunting to exploring the depths of ayahuasca in the Amazon, these eighteen adventure stories will take you on a journey of the human experience lived to the fullest.
By: Tim Walther
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The Dead Mountain
- The Bizarre True Story of the 1959 Dyatlov Pass Incident (Extreme Hiking Disasters)
- By: Daniel Turmoil
- Narrated by: Derik Hendrickson
- Length: 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
In the winter of 1959, a group of nine young and experienced hikers embarked on a journey into the Ural Mountains of Russia. Although they had previously undertaken cold-weather trips, this particular expedition would tragically be their last. During their trek, the hikers encountered something unexpected in the supposedly desolate region, resulting in the demise of the entire group. The exact events of that fateful night remain unknown, but the incident has since become one of the world's most perplexing mysteries.
By: Daniel Turmoil
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A Light Through the Cracks
- A Climber's Story
- By: Beth Rodden
- Narrated by: Beth Rodden
- Length: 10 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Renowned rock climber Beth Rodden’s inspiring memoir about overcoming devastating trauma, refusing to be held hostage by fear, and taking a leap toward healing.
By: Beth Rodden
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Headstrap
- Legends and Lore from the Climbing Sherpas of Darjeeling
- By: Deepa Balsavar, Nandini Purandare
- Narrated by: Jeed Saddy
- Length: 11 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Over the course of a decade, authors Nandini Purandare and Deepa Balsavar conducted a series of interviews with Sherpas from Darjeeling, as well as their family members, descendants, friends, and contemporary climbers. Headstrap weaves a vivid tapestry of this particular Sherpa community, giving them the recognition in mountaineering literature that they deserve.
By: Deepa Balsavar, and others
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Everest
- The West Ridge
- By: Thomas Hornbein, Jon Krakauer - foreword
- Narrated by: Tom Beyer
- Length: 8 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1963, Jim Whittaker became the first American to summit Everest via the South Col route. Roughly two weeks after Whittaker's achievement, Tom Hornbein and Willi Unsoeld, fellow American mountaineers on the same expedition, became the first climbers ever to summit the world's highest peak via the dangerous and forbidding West Ridge—a route on which only a handful of climbers have since succeeded.
By: Thomas Hornbein, and others