検索キーワード： "Dreams" クライミング・登山

Using an infamous deception about a fake mountain range in British Columbia as her jumping-off point, Katie Ives explores the lure of blank spaces on the map and the value of the imagination. In Imaginary Peaks she details the cartographical mystery of the Riesenstein Hoax within the larger context of climbing history and the seemingly endless quest for newly discovered peaks and claims of first ascents. Imaginary Peaks is an evocative, thought-provoking tale, immersed in the literature of exploration, study of maps, and basic human desire.

No one writes about mountaineering and its attendant victories and hardships more brilliantly than Jon Krakauer. . In this collection of thirteen of his finest essays and reporting – including the essay, “Is Yosemite Going To The Dogs” – Krakauer writes of mountains from the memorable...

No one writes about mountaineering and its attendant victories and hardships more brilliantly than Jon Krakauer. In this collection of his finest essays and reporting, Krakauer writes of mountains from the memorable perspective of one who has himself struggled with solo madness to scale Alaska's...

A captivating new book from Wade Davis--award-winning, best-selling author and National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence for more than a decade--that brings vividly to life the story of the great Río Magdalena, illuminating Colombia's complex past, present, and future Travelers often become...

Hijo de un matrimonio de clase media que consiguió—con esfuerzo—dar un mejor pasar a sus hijos, su historia podría ser la de cualquiera, pero Leal ha aplicado en su vida algunos principios vitales que le han permitido, con tenacidad y rigor, superar condiciones adversas, forjar una carrera como empresario, crear una multinacional que da trabajo a cerca de 2.000 personas y convertirse—pese a vivir con una adversa condición médica—en conquistador de las más altas cumbres de cada continente.