Where the Mountain Casts Its Shadow: The Dark Side of Extreme Adventure
by Maria, Coffey

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Where the Mountain Casts Its Shadow: The Dark Side of Extreme Adventure: Maria Coffey confronted one of the harshest realities of mountaineering when her partner Joe Tasker disappeared on the Northeast Ridge of Everest in 1982. In "Where the Mountain Casts Its Shadow, Coffey offers an intimate portrait of adventure and the conflicting beauty, passion, and devastation of this alluring obsession. Through interviews with the world's top climbers, or their widows and families-Jim Wickwire, Conrad Anker, Lynn Hill, Joe Simpson, Chris Bonington, Ed Viesturs, Anatoli Boukreev, Alex Lowe, and many others-she explores what compels men and women to give their lives to the high mountains. She asks why, despite the countless tragedies, the world continues to laud their exploits. With an insider's understanding, Coffey reveals the consequences of loving people who pursue such risk-the exhilarating highs and inevitable lows, the stress of long separations, the constant threat of bereavement, and the lives shattered in the wake of climbing accidents

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Weight:	0.23 kg
Price:	CDN$ 21.99 (US$ 21.40)

ISBN-10:	0312339011
ISBN-13/EAN:	9780312339012
Author:	Maria, Coffey
Publisher:	St Martins Press New York
Publication Date:	4/2005
Pages:	234 pages
Size/Dimensions:	8.28 x 5.56 x 0.66 inches
Binding:	Paperback

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Where the Mountain Casts Its Shadow: The Dark Side of Extreme Adventureby Maria, Coffey

Where the Mountain Casts Its Shadow: The Dark Side of Extreme Adventure
by Maria, Coffey