Climb: Stories Of Survival From Rock, Snow And Ice

Selections by HG Wells, John Long, Hamish MacInnes, Pete Sinclair, Galen Rowell, Maureen O'Neill, Tom Patey, Evelyn Waugh, Daniel Duane

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 vulnerable 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.

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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 & 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.

NARRATORS
Terence Aselford narrated over 150 audiobooks. His acting career has included regional theater roles ranging from Shakespeare to Neil Simon, on-camera work in NBC's "Unsolved Mysteries", national television commercials, industrial videos and voiceovers.

Kimberly Schraf has been recording acclaimed audiobooks for twelve years and has acted professionally in theaters ranging from Arena Stage and the Kennedy Center, to Scotland's Deinburgh Festival. She is a graduate of St. John's College in Annapolis.

Graeme Malcolm, with over 150 audiobooks to his credit, is an accomplished television, film and stage actor. He has been honored with an Audie Award for his narrative skills and was the 1998 recipient of the Narrator of the Year Award from the American Foundation For The Blind.

Nick Sampson, born in Bristol, England, has been an award-winning stage actor for over 20 years. His theatre experience ranges from British farce to Shakespeare.

Gary Telles has been narrating audiobooks for the past ten years. A veteran stage actor, he has performed classical, contemporary and original theatre across the country, in addition to appearing on television, radio and CD-ROM.

REVIEWS
Philadelphia Inquirer
"Armchair adventurers would be pleased with any of the new 'Adrenaline' recordings from Listen & Live Audio."

Los Angeles Times
"The stories are vivid and lively."

Independent Publisher
"Listening to these audio books is an armchair adventurer's dream, as you sit back, close your eyes, and let your imagination go."

Booklist
"All the stories here are celebrations of the good and the bad about one of the most dangerous things humans try simply because they can."