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Thursday, July 23rd, 2009 | Author: americantraveler

Story by Will Stanhope.

MSRP: $99.95
Weight: 235 grams (8.3 ounces)
This past winter in Patagonia I was fiddling with my helmet straps a few pitches below the summit of Poincenot. Forgetting to buckle up the chin strap, I started climbing again. Predictably, the helmet fell off and rocketed down a chossy gully. Back in camp, I scrounged [...]

Monday, July 20th, 2009 | Author: americantraveler

Editorial Reviews :
From Booklist :
The year 2006 recorded Mount Everest’s deadliest season on record since 1996 (the killer season that spawned Jon Krakauer’s Into Thin Air).
To tell the story of the 2006 season, which made global headlines due to the troubling circumstances surrounding the death of a climber, journalist Heil, a climber himself, gives [...]

Sunday, July 05th, 2009 | Author: americantraveler

In February of 2000, a group of people gathered in the vaulted rooms of the Museo della Montagna in Torino, Italy to forge an alliance committed to the future of mountain film.
Not surprisingly, the individuals present were from the some of the most important mountain film festivals in the world, [...]