Surprising numbers of people go to big mountains year after year where they die with shocking regularity; others take big risks on smaller cliffs. At these places, even the most cautious climber must accept a degree of danger: moving unroped to save time; braving terrain that's vulnerale to rockfall or avalanche; trusting that the afternoon thunderstorms will hold off long enough for him to get below treeline.
Climb focuses on the most exciting descriptions of the hardest climbing in the world. From the cliffs of Yosemite to the windswept towers of Patagonia to the high peaks of Alaska and the himalaya, this collection offers classic, harrowing accounts about extreme mountaineering danger and its consequences.
Editor:
Clint Willis has been a climber and an armchair mountaineer since he was ten years old. His writing about technology, finance and the outdoors has appeared in more than 100 publications, including Men's Journal, Outside, Rock #38 Ice and The New York Times, and he is a contributing editor of Forbes ASAP and Worth magazines. He lives with his wife and two sons in Cape Elizabeth, Maine.
