Fine Line (eBook)

Searching for Balance Among Mountains

Graham Zimmerman (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2023
224 Seiten
Mountaineers Books (Verlag)
978-1-68051-591-6 (ISBN)

Infos

"e;A Fine Line is more than just a recounting of remarkable expeditions, summit views, and thin air. It's a story of resilience, loss, and the quest for a balanced and meaningful life in the unforgiving realm of high-risk mountain sports. --Men's JournalHonestly portrays the highs and lows of a life dedicated to the outdoorsShares the author's development as an outspoken conservation advocateStory is rooted in the peaks of the Pacific Northwest, Alaska, and PakistanHow do we reconcile our love of outdoor adventure with the inevitability of loss in high-risk sports? Still in his thirties, Graham Zimmerman has made first ascents from Alaska to Pakistan, and in 2020 he received the Piolet d'Or for his climb on Pakistan's Link Sar with Steve Swenson. A sponsored athlete who is sought out as a climbing partner, Zimmerman knows that he must find a balance between his ambitions as an alpinist and his social responsibilities--as a husband, climate advocate, and community leader.His generation has faced devastating grief in the mountains, including the deaths of Kyle Dempster, Hayden Kennedy, andInge Perkins, and his cohort has witnessed firsthand the effects of climate change in the form of disappearing glaciers and increasingly erratic weather. Zimmerman writes of the exhilaration he feels while climbing but also the painful realization that summiting at all costs is an outdated model. As A Fine Line traces Graham's journey, mountain lovers everywhere will see themselves in this coming-of-age story of adventure and personal reckoning.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.10.2023
• Zusatzinfo: 8-page color insert
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 140 x 140 mm
• Gewicht: 340 g
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport
• Themenwelt: Reisen ► Reiseführer
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
• Schlagworte: climate change grief • coming of age climber • ethics of alpinism • Kichatna Spire, Link Sar, Piolet D’or, Alaska big walls, Protect Our Winters • privilege in the outdoors • risk management mountaineering • Steve Swenson
• ISBN-10: 1-68051-591-8 / 1680515918
• ISBN-13: 978-1-68051-591-6 / 9781680515916