Minus 148

Author : Art Davidson
Publisher : Mountaineers Books
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2013-04-11
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781594858659

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Minus 148 Degrees, Anniversary Edition by Art Davidson Pdf

CLICK HERE to download the first 50 pages from (Provide us with a little information and we'll send your download directly to your inbox) "This finely crafted adventure tale runs on adrenaline but also something else: brutal honesty." —The Wall Street Journal "I couldn't lay it down until it was all finished (12:40 a.m.!)... A fascinating and beautifully-written story." —Bradford Washburn * One of National Geographic Adventure's "The 100 Greatest Adventure Books of All Time" * Spring 2013 marks the 100th anniversary of the first ascent of Mount McKinley * New edition includes a revised preface, new prologue, and new afterword describing more recent winter attempts on McKinley In 1967, eight men attempted North America's highest summit: Mount McKinley (now known as Denali) had been climbed before—but never in winter. Plagued by doubts and cold, group tension and a crevasse tragedy, the expedition tackled McKinley in minimal hours of daylight and fierce storms. They were trapped at three different camps above 14,000 feet during a six-day blizzard and faced the ultimate low temperature of -148° F. Minus 148° is Art Davidson's stunning personal narrative, supplemented by diary excerpts from team members George Wichman, John Edwards, Dave Johnston, and Greg Blomberg. Davidson retells the team's fears and frictions—and ultimate triumph—with an honesty that has made this gripping survival story a mountaineering classic for over 40 years. Minus 148° is featured among many "best of" reading lists, including National Geographic Adventure's "The 100 Greatest Adventure Books of all Time." "At twenty-two I came to regard the first expedition to Mt. McKinley in the winter as a journey into an unexplored land. No one had lived on North America's highest ridges in the winter twilight. No one knew how low the temperatures would drop, or how penetrating the cold would be when the wind blew. For thousands of years McKinley's storms had raged by themselves." —Minus 148° This title is part of our LEGENDS AND LORE series. Click here > to learn more.

Author : Art Davidson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : McKinley, Mount (Alaska)
ISBN : LCCN:69014695

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Minus 148° by Art Davidson Pdf

Author : Bill Sherwonit
Publisher : Graphic Arts Books
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2013-04-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780882409184

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To The Top of Denali by Bill Sherwonit Pdf

In this revised and updated third edition, Bill Sherwonit brings to life the adventure, heroism, triumph, and tragedy of climbing North America's highest peak, Denali. He offers great insight and tales of daring adventure for both experienced climbers and armchair explorers who wonder why people climb mountains. The book contains stores about some of the best known personalities associated with the mountain from Bradford Washburn to Vern Tejas. Sherwonit has added new records and climbing data along with some stories of new faces who have attempted the climb. He also updated the Park Service rules regarding climbing Denali.

Author : Kaplan Test Prep
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 736 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2018-11-06
Category : Study Aids
ISBN : 9781506237077

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LSAT PrepTests 52-61 Unlocked by Kaplan Test Prep Pdf

Kaplan's LSAT PrepTests 52-61 Unlocked features comprehensive explanations for every question in the LSAC's official 10 New Actual, Official LSAT PrepTests with Comparative Reading. Reviewing a practice test is the key to improving your score, and in PrepTests 52-61 Kaplan's LSAT experts deconstruct 10 actual, official PrepTests to help you learn why you missed questions and how to get the right answers more efficiently. Note: PrepTests 52-61 are not included in this book. You'll need to purchase those separately. Comprehensive Review Detailed explanations for every questions and answer choice Test-taking strategies to help you score the most points Sample sketchwork for logic games Sample roadmaps for reading comprehension passages Glossary with key terminology to help you think like the testmaker Expert Guidance We know the test: Kaplan's expert LSAT faculty teach the world's most popular LSAT course, and more people get into law school with a Kaplan LSAT course than all other major test prep companies combined Kaplan's expert psychometricians ensure our practice questions and study materials are true to the test We invented test prep—Kaplan (www.kaptest.com) has been helping students for 80 years, and our proven strategies have helped legions of students achieve their dreams

Author : Mark A. Suckow,Karla A. Stevens,Ronald P. Wilson
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 1289 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2012-01-09
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780123809209

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The Laboratory Rabbit, Guinea Pig, Hamster, and Other Rodents by Mark A. Suckow,Karla A. Stevens,Ronald P. Wilson Pdf

This is a single volume, comprehensive book sanctioned by the American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine (ACLAM), covering the rabbit, guinea pig, hamster, gerbil and other rodents often used in research. This well illustrated reference includes basic biology, anatomy, physiology, behavior, infectious and noninfectious diseases, husbandry and breeding, common experimental methods, and use of the species as a research model. It is a resource for advancements in the humane and responsible care of: rabbit, guinea pig, hamster, gerbil, chinchilla, deer mouse, kangaroo rat, cotton rat, sand rat, and degu Includes up-to-date, common experimental methods. Organized by species for easy access during bench research.

Author : Mary E. Wharton,Roger W. Barbour
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2014-07-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780813165103

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Bluegrass Land and Life by Mary E. Wharton,Roger W. Barbour Pdf

The Inner Bluegrass Region of Kentucky is a shining jewel of geography -- synonymous in the minds of many with the state of Kentucky. It is unique in many respects: the character of its land, its native vegetation, and its indigenous animal life. The way of life developed by its human inhabitants over the past two hundred years, especially its focus on the Thoroughbred horse, is also unique. The interaction of these two forces -- natural and human -- is the focus for this important work. The book includes color plates of representative plant and animal species and typical habitats. The annotated lists of 474 animal and nearly 1,200 plant species describe habitat, frequency, and distribution. Bluegrass Land and Life is a book that will delight all who share an interest in the Bluegrass region's past and present and a concern for its future.

Author : Martin Iddon
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 439 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2023-02-16
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781108492522

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The Cambridge Companion to Serialism by Martin Iddon Pdf

An authoritative guide to the multi-faceted compositional approach that underpinned twentieth-century art music from Schoenberg to Babbitt and beyond.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1106 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1953
Category : Mines and mineral resources
ISBN : UCR:31210015092503

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Bulletin by Anonim Pdf

Author : United States. Bureau of Mines
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1576 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1954
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105019657852

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Bulletin by United States. Bureau of Mines Pdf

Author : Ernest J. Gleim,Hilary Breton Brunot,James Patrick Coughlin,Sara Jeannette Davenport,Seth T. Reese,Simon Harry Ash,G. G. Morgis,H. B. Link,Robert Sloan James,Virginia E. Wrenn,Elizabeth J. Reid,W. M. Romischer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1068 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1954
Category : Air
ISBN : OSU:32435026700997

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Permissible Mine Equipment Approved to January 1, 1953 by Ernest J. Gleim,Hilary Breton Brunot,James Patrick Coughlin,Sara Jeannette Davenport,Seth T. Reese,Simon Harry Ash,G. G. Morgis,H. B. Link,Robert Sloan James,Virginia E. Wrenn,Elizabeth J. Reid,W. M. Romischer Pdf

Author : Art Davidson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1987-11
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 0938567004

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Minus 148 Degrees by Art Davidson Pdf

Classic tale of dramatic near-death experiences in the harshest of conditions.

Author : John Long
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2017-09-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781493030965

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Stories from the Dirt by John Long Pdf

Riding tubes in Venezuela. BASE jumping in Europe. Climbing big walls in Yosemite. Riding bulls in Texas. These first-person stories from acclaimed climber and adventurer John Long may be vastly different in content, but they share an identifiable emotional texture, tone and delivery, and fundamentally are of one piece. This is storytelling at its best—nonfiction that reads like fiction. In Stories from the Dirt, the action leaves you breathless, but it’s the characters that really leave a lasting mark. Like all stories worth a damn, this collection is all about the people.

Author : James M. Tabor
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2008-06-17
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780393066852

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Forever on the Mountain: The Truth Behind One of Mountaineering's Most Controversial and Mysterious Disasters by James M. Tabor Pdf

Winner of the National Outdoor Book Award Grand Prize Winner, Banff Mountain Book Festival "Forever on the Mountain grips even non-climbers with its harrowing scenes of thorny relationships tested by extraordinary circumstances." —Washington Post In 1967, seven young men, members of a twelve-man expedition led by twenty-four-year-old Joe Wilcox, were stranded at 20,000 feet on Alaska’s Mount McKinley in a vicious Arctic storm. Ten days passed while the storm raged, yet no rescue was mounted. All seven perished in what remains the most tragic expedition in American climbing history. Revisiting the event in the tradition of Norman Maclean’s Young Men and Fire, James M. Tabor uncovers elements of controversy, finger-pointing, and cover-up that make this disaster unlike any other.

Author : David Kord Murray
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2011-09-20
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781439198384

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Plan B by David Kord Murray Pdf

Why has Facebook been so limber, evolving so successfully even after a number of stumbles, while Myspace stalled and lost ground? Why was Wal-Mart able to expand so successfully into new offerings, such as groceries, while H&R Block dramatically failed to expand into offering financial services? The answer, David Murray reveals, is that Facebook and Wal-Mart both started with business models that empowered them to effectively adapt their plans as they executed them. The failure of detailed strategic plans that have taken a great deal of time and money to develop is one of the worst problems in business, and it’s ever more urgent as the pace of change in business continues to accelerate. Murray, author of the acclaimed Wall Street Journal bestseller Borrowing Brilliance, argues that valiantly sticking to even a well-thought-out Plan A is the road to disaster. The greatest success comes to those who know how to construct and implement an adaptive Plan A that has within it the means of evolving into a superior Plan B by responding to problems confronted, discoveries made, changing market conditions, and the competition. Writing in a lively, engaging voice and using a series of specific examples drawn from companies including IBM, Intel, Facebook, American Express, and Kaiser Permanente, as well as from the art of war, including the Battle of Gettysburg and the D-Day invasion, and even from the space program, Murray presents powerful methods for constructing a plan that has the mechanisms for adaptation built in. Drawing on a wealth of research, he explains why we are fairly good at short-term predictions but why, in our ever more rapidly changing business world, even the best laid plans will eventually go astray. He then introduces the best techniques for creating an optimal original plan that takes into account our limited ability to predict, showing that vital to this process is that it be constructed so that we are alerted in time to make the right changes. In a brilliant discussion of strategy and tactics, he shows that the core of this adaptability is making sure that your strategy and tactics are well aligned with one another and that you have established the right metrics for measuring results. He then details precisely how to adapt throughout the execution process by constantly monitoring and assessing results, developing worst-case scenarios, and recognizing unanticipated opportunities. Plan B is an essential guide to harnessing the forces of change to achieve long-lasting success despite the most vexing challenges.

Author : Colby Coombs,Michael Wood
Publisher : The Mountaineers Books
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2002-05-14
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781594851438

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Alaska: A Climbing Guide by Colby Coombs,Michael Wood Pdf

* Guidebook details 80 climbing routes throughout Alaska * Includes photos, many with route overlays, topo route maps, climbing difficulty and time information, ratings, and more Alaska mountain guides Mike Wood and Colby Coombs have teamed up to write this definitive climbing guidebook targeting the more experienced climber. This is the ultimate guidebook for every climber intending to scale the mountains of one of the nation's last best wild places. Alaska: A Climbing Guide offers climbers a range of routes in the Chugach Range, the Alaska Range, the Fairweather Range, and more. Each of the routes has been climbed, documented, checked, and double-checked by the authors to ensure accuracy and safety. Interesting personal experiences are included as are accounts of first ascents from Fred Beckey, John Krakauer, and David Roberts.