Chessler Books
Rock Climbing - Mountaineering - Exploration
New - Used - Collectible - Signed
Chessler Books Accepts PAYPAL Chessler Books Accepts VISA Chessler Books Accepts MASTERCARD Chessler Books Accepts DISCOVER CARD Chessler Books Accepts AMERICAN EXPRESS
All Orders Shipped via United States Postal Service   Chessler Books Ships Via USPS
Author:
Title:
Keyword:
Item #:
A B C D E F G H I
J K L M Mc N O P Q
R S T U V W X Y Z
Item #: BK2036A-9572
ON THE RIDGE BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH: A CLIMBING LIFE REEXAMINED David Roberts 2005 1st ed Hardcover DJ Fine 2 Copies Available [Not Signed]
By Roberts, David
Price: $4.99

List Price: $26.00
You Save $21.01 (81%)



Add to wish list


Detailed Product Description

New York, 2005, 1st edition. 432 pp. Hardcover with dust jacket. Fine.

More than a few readers will think of John Krakauer's Into Thin Air as they delve into this bracing work. The connection isn't surprising, since Roberts has served as a mentor to Krakauer. Hardcover, New with Dust Jacket. Remainder mark on bottom edge.Throughout his life, Roberts has been an avid climber as well as a vocal advocate for the sport, writing over 15 books, many of them on mountaineering. This volume finds him looking back at the entirety of his climbing experience.

It opens with his recounting the horrific 1961 fall of his high school friend and climbing partner, Gabe Lee. In spite of this tragedy, Roberts continues to climb and slowly becomes what other climbers call a 'hard man,' an unsentimental mountaineer who can block out tragedy and focus on getting to the top. In appropriately rugged prose, Roberts details his increasingly dangerous ascents as he begins to pioneer new routes on various Alaskan peaks.

In one of the best chapters, he tells the story of his team's 1965 climb of Mount Huntington, a 'slender triangular pyramid' nine miles southeast of Mount McKinley in Alaska, and their 'giddy celebration' upon reaching the top. The feeling doesn't last, though. As they descend, one of the team falls off a narrow precipice with just a 'scraping sound, and a spark in the night.'

This balance of joy and terror is what makes Roberts's book such an exhilarating read and an intense appraisal of a life spent on the edge.

Review

The most extraordinary climbing memoir I have read. The eternally damnable question -- why climb, and is it worth the risk? -- is at the forefront of Roberts's personal investigation. His answers may trouble, and inform, all climbers.' -- Greg Child

David Roberts continues to write award-winning books and articles that are published worldwide. He made several pioneering, significent first ascents in Alaska including the Wickersham Wall on Mt McKinley, Kachatna Spire, East Face of Mt Dickey, etc. He co-authored with Bradford Washburn the magnificent book, Mount McKinley, The Conquest of Denali and is in 2006 ghost writing Ed Viesturs story of his 8000 meter climbs.


Other Items You Might Like

  • Similar Items Available
  • Items From This Author
  • Items From This Category
SUMMIT MAGAZINE BACK ISSUES 1960-1969 See This List
By: Summit Magazine
Price $10.00
- Item # JR154J-936
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart
MAZAMA BULLETIN INDIVIDUAL BACK ISSUES 1905 - 1975 New issues recently added
By: Mazama Bulletin
Price $5.00
- Item # JR225-127
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart
ALPINE JOURNAL 100s OF INDIVIDUAL ISSUES LISTED HERE! PAPERBACK, WRAPPERS or HARDCOVER ISSUES 1863-1986
By: Alpine Club UK
Price $10.00
- Item # JR207B
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart
TRUE SUMMIT: WHAT REALLY HAPPENED ON THE ASCENT OF ANNAPURNA David Roberts 2000 1st ed Hardcover DJ Near Fine-Fine Multiple Copies Available
By: Roberts, David
Price $29.95 ~ Regular $54.00, You Save $24.05 (45%)
- Item # BK1280-9369
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart
MOMENTS OF DOUBT, AND OTHER MOUNTAINEERING WRITINGS 1st ed Hardcover DJ Fine INSCRIBED by David Roberts 2 Copies Available
By: Roberts, David
Price $45.00 ~ Regular $159.95, You Save $114.95 (72%)
- Item # BK1276A-1582
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart
ESCAPE FROM LUCANIA 2002 1st US ed Hardcover DJ Fine INSCRIBED by David Roberts
By: Roberts, David
Price $45.00 ~ Regular $159.95, You Save $114.95 (72%)
- Item # BK1854F-158
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart
THE MOUNTAIN OF MY FEAR 1968 1st US ed Hardcover DJ Fine 2 Copies Available INSCRIBED by David Roberts
By: Roberts, David
Price $145.00
- Item # OP234B-9352
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart
MOUNTAINEERING IN THE MOROCCAN HIGH ATLAS: WALKS CLIMBS AND SCRAMBLES OVER 3000 METERS Des Clark 2011 Softcover Fine 3 Copies Available
By: Clark, Des
Price $9.99 ~ Regular $24.95, You Save $14.96 (60%)
- Item # GB2482-8983
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart
ESCAPE FROM LUCANIA David Roberts 2002 1st US ed Hardcover DJ Fine Multiple Copies Available [Not Signed]
By: Roberts, David
Price $9.99 ~ Regular $23.00, You Save $13.01 (57%)
- Item # BK1854-95738
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart
THE CLIMBING ART MAGAZINE Individual Back Issues Number 1 to 31
By: Climbing Art Magazine, Pat Ament
Price $5.00
- Item # JR156-127
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart
ESCAPE ROUTES: FURTHER ADVENTURE WRITINGS 1997 1st ed Hardcover DJ Fine INSCRIBED by David Roberts
By: Roberts, David with Foreword by Jon Krakauer
Price $45.00 ~ Regular $150.00, You Save $105.00 (70%)
- Item # BK1273B-158
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart
ESCAPE FROM LUCANIA David Roberts 2002 1st US ed Hardcover DJ Fine Multiple Copies Available [Not Signed]
By: Roberts, David
Price $9.99 ~ Regular $23.00, You Save $13.01 (57%)
- Item # BK1854-95738
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart
ESCAPE ROUTES: FURTHER ADVENTURE WRITINGS David Roberts 1997 1st ed Hardcover DJ Fine [Not Signed] Multiple copies available
By: Roberts, David with Foreword by Jon Krakauer
Price $24.00
- Item # BK1273C-9473
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart
THE MOUNTAIN OF MY FEAR 1968 1st UK ed Hardcover DJ Fine INSCRIBED by David Roberts
By: Roberts, David
Price $145.00
- Item # OP234C-935
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart
POINTS UNKNOWN: A CENTURY OF GREAT EXPLORATION 2000 1st ed Hardcover DJ Fine SIGNED by David Roberts 2 Copies Available
By: Roberts, David
Price $95.00 ~ Regular $160.00, You Save $65.00 (41%)
- Item # PL1277-9422
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart
MOMENTS OF DOUBT, AND OTHER MOUNTAINEERING WRITINGS 1st ed Hardcover DJ Fine INSCRIBED by David Roberts 2 Copies Available
By: Roberts, David
Price $45.00 ~ Regular $159.95, You Save $114.95 (72%)
- Item # BK1276A-1582
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart
THE LAST OF HIS KIND: THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF BRADFORD WASHBURN, AMERICA'S BOLDEST MOUNTAINEER David Roberts 2009 1st ed New Hardcover 3 Copies Available
By: Roberts, David
Price $15.99 ~ Regular $25.99, You Save $10.00 (38%)
- Item # BK2431-9473
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart
ESCAPE ROUTES: FURTHER ADVENTURE WRITINGS 1997 Advanced Reading Sample SIGNED by David Roberts and Jon Krakauer
By: Roberts, David with Foreword by Jon Krakauer
Price $95.00 ~ Regular $150.00, You Save $55.00 (37%)
- Item # BK1273A-947
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart
ESCAPE FROM LUCANIA 2002 1st US ed Hardcover DJ Fine INSCRIBED by David Roberts
By: Roberts, David
Price $45.00 ~ Regular $159.95, You Save $114.95 (72%)
- Item # BK1854F-158
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart
DEBORAH: A WILDERNESS NARRATIVE David Roberts 1970 1st ed Hardcover DJ Fine INSCRIBED by David Roberts
By: Roberts, David
Price $145.00
- Item # OP235-943
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart
CANADIAN ALPINE JOURNAL 2006 One left
By: Alpine Club of Canada
Price $9.99 ~ Regular $35.00, You Save $25.01 (71%)
- Item # CAJ2006-197
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart
KUSZACA ANDYJSKA BIEL [TEMPTING ANDEAN WHITE] Mariusz W. Grebieniow 1980 1st ed Paperback Near Fine
By: Grebieniow, Mariusz W.
Price $9.00 ~ Regular $49.95, You Save $40.95 (82%)
- Item # OP6397-473
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart
THE FIGHT FOR EVEREST 1924 E.F. Norton 1925 1st US ed Hardcover Very Good
By: Norton, E.F.
Price $175.00 ~ Regular $250.00, You Save $75.00 (30%)
- Item # OP63A-947p
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart
AT GRIPS WITH EVEREST Stanley Snaith 1945 2nd UK ed Hardcover Near Fine
By: Snaith, Stanley
Price $9.99 ~ Regular $99.95, You Save $89.96 (90%)
- Item # OP375A-952
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart
ON THE LOOSE Terry and Renny Russell 1967 Softcover Near Fine
By: Russell, Terry and Renny
Price $9.99
- Item # OP4111-952
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart
THE ASCENT OF EVEREST John Hunt 1953 1st UK ed Hardcover DJ Fine SIGNED by Alfred Gregory
By: Hunt, John
Price $95.00 ~ Regular $200.00, You Save $105.00 (52%)
- Item # OP001C-935
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart
AMERICANS ON EVEREST: THE OFFICIAL ACCOUNT James Ramsey Ullman 1964 True 1st ed Hardcover DJ Near Fine
By: Ullman, James Ramsey
Price $39.99 ~ Regular $49.95, You Save $9.96 (20%)
- Item # OP389B-935
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart
OUTWARD BOUND 1991 Mark Zelinksi Hardcover DJ Fine
By: Zelinski, Mark
Price $9.99 ~ Regular $40.00, You Save $30.01 (75%)
- Item # BK1752-968p
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart
MANASLU 1954-56 FIRST ASCENT Japanese Alpine Club 1958 1st ed Hardcover DJ Near Fine
By: Japanese Alpine Club
Price $349.00 ~ Regular $950.00, You Save $601.00 (63%)
- Item # OP744B-9322p
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart
DER VERZAUBERTE BERG [THE ENCHANTED MOUNTAIN, MESSNER MOUNTAIN MUSEUM: ENCOUNTERS WITH THE MOUNTAINS IN THE WORLD AND THE PHILOSOPHY OF MOUNTAINEERING] Reinhold Messner, Georg Tappeiner 2006 1st ed Hardcover DJ New 3 Copies Available [Not Signed]
By: Messner, Reinhold and Georg Tappeiner
Price $25.00
- Item # BK2277-9503p
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart