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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Arlene BlumPublisher: Counterpoint Imprint: Counterpoint Dimensions: Width: 18.70cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.425kg ISBN: 9781619026032ISBN 10: 1619026031 Pages: 272 Publication Date: 15 September 2015 Audience: General/trade , General , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsReviewsThis is a book about working together under extraordinary conditions where the temperature in your tent can drop to ten degrees below zero and a tiny hole in a glove can mean the possible loss of a finger. It is about making decisions while an avalanche rushes by you with a wind that knocks you over. It is about risking death knowing that you have a daughter, a partner at home ... the compelling story of thirteen very different women ... each determined to get women to the top of a mountain. --Erica Bauermeister, reviewed in 500 Great Books by Women Author InformationArlene Blum is a biochemist with a doctorate in physical chemistry. In her twenty years of climbing, she has taken part in more than fifteen expeditions, including the first all-woman climb of Mount McKinley and the 1976 American Bicentennial Expedition to Mount Everest. Ms. Blum also led the 1983 Great Himalayan Traverse, a 2,000-mile trek from Bhutan to Ladakh. She lives in Berkeley, California. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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