Addicted to Danger :Affirming Life in the Face of Death

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Addicted to Danger

Addicted to Danger :Affirming Life in the Face of Death

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Among the world's most intrepid and fearless mountain climbers, Jim Wickwire has travelled the globe from Alaska to the Alps in search of fresh challenges and new heights to conquer. Along the way he has accumulated an extraordinary number of achievements, he has climbed K2, the second highest peak in the world and attempted Everest. But with the triumphs came harrowing incidents of suffering and loss that haunt him still. Wickwire is continually drawn back to the pure life-and-death logic of granite, glacier and snow, leaving behind the complexitites of the civilised world. Deeply compelled by the allure of nature and the thrill of the risk, he has pushed himself to the limits of physical and mental endurance for thirty five years, ultimately becoming a legend. ADDICTED TO DANGER provides a fascinating insight into the logistics, thrills and rivalries of mountain climbing but also explores Wickwire's complex reasons for living on the edge, culminating in his change of heart which threatened his faith in himself and his hope in the future. How he reassessed his priorities and rededicated his life completes an unique and moving portrait of one man's courage, commitment, and grace under pressure.
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Type Book
ISBN13 9780671019914
ISBN10 0671019910
Number Of Pages 340
Item Weight 379 g
Product Dimensions 152 x 229 x 23 mm
Publisher / Reseller Atria Books
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Seattle Post Intelligencer Fascinating and searing.
New York Post A gripping tale.
Details This book takes you along for a terrifying rush that is life lived on the highest of edges.
Mountaineer Ed Viesturs This is a book that should be read by everyone who's ever dreamed of climbing.
John Balzar Los Angeles Times The day someone can answer "why climb?" is the day men and women won't have to. Until then, many will follow in the bootsteps of Jim Wickwire, one of America's most extraordinary and accomplished high-altitude mountaineers.
Publishers Weekly Well worth a read....Even those not absorbed by this sport will find themselves affected by the author's tales of friends lost on expeditions.

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Author's Bio

Jim Wickwire is a partner in the law firm of Wickwire, Greene, Crosby, Brewer & Seward. He lives in Seattle with his wife and has five children and twin granddaughters.

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