Obsession And Commitment And The Quest To Climb Annapurna <\/p>\n
The bestselling author of No Shortcuts to the Top and K2, and the first
\nAmerican to ascend all fourteen of the world’s 8,000-meter peaks, chronicles
\nhis three attempts to climb Annapurna in the Himalayas, the world’s tenth-
\nhighest and statistically most deadly peak, and explores the dramatic and
\ntragic history of others who have made–or attempted–the ascent, and what
\nsuch ventures teach us about facing life’s greatest challenges. As a high
\nschool student in the flatlands of Rockford, Illinois, where the highest
\nobjects on the horizon were water towers, Ed Viesturs read about and was
\ncaptivated by the French climber Maurice Herzog’s famous and grisly account of
\nthe first ascent of Annapurna in 1950. When Viesturs began his own campaign to
\nclimb the world’s 14 highest peaks in the late 1980s, he looked forward with
\ntrepidation to undertaking Annapurna himself. Two failures to summit made
\nAnnapurna his nemesis. His successful 2005 summit was the triumphant capstone
\nof his climbing quest. In this book, Viesturs brings the extraordinary
\nchallenges of Annapurna to vivid life through edge-of-your-seat accounts of
\nthe greatest climbs in history, and details his own failed attempts and
\neventual success. In the process he portrays what Annapurna reveals about some
\nof our most fundamental moral and spiritual questions–questions, he believes,
\nthat we need to answer in order to lead our lives well. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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