ISBN: 9780312179427 - facing the extreme: one woman's story of true courage (39 risultati)

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Condizione: Used - Very Good. She stepped into a death zone. The climbers on Alaska's Mt. McKinley called her "the woman." Ruth Anne Kocour, a world-class mountaineer, wasn't bothered. It was part of the challenge she faced as she joined an all-male team to conquer North America's highest peak.the mountain the Indians called Denali, or God.Faced the extreme. But nine days into this ascent, a forty-fifth birthday present to herself, the most violent weather on record slammed into the mountain. Ruth Anne and her group would be trapped on an ice shelf at 14,000 feet for the deadliest two weeks in Denali history. Pinned down by blinding snows, unable to help other teams dying around her, and her own feet freezing solid, Ruth Anne tells of a wind chill of minus 150 degrees, deadly hidden crevasses, and being trapped in a place so violent and unforgiving that it threatened to push her over the edge and into a place of no return. And yet, in prose as crystalline as the ice around her, she tells, too, of beauty, courage, and the spirit that drives true mountainers higher, as she risks all to go for the summit.and perhaps, for a transcendant moment, touch heaven.And lived to tell about it.…

Hardcover. First ition edition. Very Good/Very Good (22850) . Hardcover, very good condition, with bumped spine top, lightly slanted spine, lightly bumped corners. Some v. lt stains on page bottoms. 1 creased page. Clean, tight, unmarked. Dj very good, lightly rubbed, w. a few lt scratches, bumped spine top. 256.…

Hard cover. First edition. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 256 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. Fine in fine dust jacket. Signed by author. lightest of shelfwear, inscribed by the author.

Hardcover. Condizione: As New. Condizione sovraccoperta: As New. 1st Edition. Story of a woman who was part of a group of 11 who got caught on Mt. McKinley by one of the worst storms in history: 110 mph winds; -47 degree temperatures. She survived. Others did not. Pristine First Edition/First Printing.No marks or flaws Pending arrival of some mylar, shipped in a sturdy cardboard box inside a ziplock bag.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Collectible-Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. First Edition. First edition by number code. Minor shelf wear on edges of dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. St. Martin's Press, 1998. Second Printing of First Edition. VG/VG. Teal cloth with silver titles to spine, quite clean and completely unmarked, upper edge of front cover faintly sunned, spine head and heel lightly compressed. Internals a new. Jacket is not price-clipped, has slight wear to spine head and heel, quite minor. One woman's story of courage, death-defying survival, and her quest for the summit of Mount Denali (that was called Mt McKinley when this was published) in Alaska. An account of a tragic ascent of Denali in May 1992 in which 11 climbers died, including the well-known mountaineer Mugs Stump, (August 28, 1949 - May 21, 1992) who established the first difficult first ascents in the Alaska Range and the Canadian Rockies. 256 pages. 8vo. 1998, St. Martin's Press. ISBN10: 0312179421, ISBN13: 9780312179427.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. Octavo, hardcover, fine in near fine blue pictorial dj. 257 pp. Story of a woman who was part of a group of 11 who got caught on Mt. McKinley by one of the worst storms in history: 110 mph winds; -47 degree temperatures. She survived. Others did not. …

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition.

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Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. First Edition. New York, NY, U.S.A.: Saint Martin's Press, LLC, 1997.Fine/Fine. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 256 Pages.ISBN: 0312179421. The only female member of an expedition to reach the summit of Mt. McKinley in Alaska tells the story of how she survived when a snowstorm that killed eleven people slammed into the mountain.…

Hardcover. Condizione: New. Condizione sovraccoperta: New. 1st Edition. This is a New and Unread copy of the first edition (1st printing).

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. INSCRIBED by author on title page, spot on front cover, light rubbing, address label on front end paper. Inscribed by Author(s). Book.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First Edition. Inscribed By Author. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 257 pp., B&W photo illus. The author has inscribed this copy on the titlepage- " To Charlie and Joan, Ruth Anne Kocour ". Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Inscribed By Author.…

Hardcover. Condizione: As New. Condizione sovraccoperta: As New. First Edition, First Printing. (First Edition, First Printing) Book is a clean tight unmarked copy.

Hardcover. Condizione: VG+. 1st Edition. Hardback in Very Good+ condition with Very Good+ dust jacket. 6.5 X 1.25 X 10 inches. 256 pages. Inscribed by the author on title page . Quick shipping, excellent customer service. All books carefully packaged in boxes and ship with tracking information.

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Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition. An exceptional hardcover with a crisp dust jacket, a tight binding and an unmarked text. First edition, with a full nuAutographed by the author.mber line. From a private smoke free collection. Shipping within 24 hours, tracking number and delivery Confirmation.…

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.