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Beyond the Mountain

By: Steve House, Reinhold Messner - introduction
Narrated by: Steve House
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 What does it take to be one of the world's best high-altitude mountain climbers? A lot of fundraising; traveling in some of the world's most dangerous countries; enduring cold bivouacs, searing lungs, and a cloudy mind when you can least afford one. It means learning the hard lessons the mountains teach.

Steve House built his reputation on ascents throughout the Alps, Canada, Alaska, the Karakoram and the Himalaya that have expanded possibilities of style, speed, and difficulty. In 2005 Steve and alpinist Vince Anderson pioneered a direct new route on the Rupal Face of 26,600-foot Nanga Parbat, which had never before been climbed in alpine style. It was the third ascent of the face and the achievement earned Steve and Vince the first Piolet d"or (Golden Ice Axe) awarded to North Americans.

Steve is an accomplished and spellbinding storyteller in the tradition of Maurice Herzog and Lionel Terray. Beyond the Mountain is a gripping listen, destined to be a mountain classic. And it addresses many issues common to nonclimbing life -- mentorship, trust, failure success, goal setting, heroes, partnership -- as well as the mountaineer's heightened experience of risk and the deaths of friends. Beyond the Mountain is a window into the process of a man working to be the best he can be. Adventure Travel Climbing & Mountaineering Outdoors & Nature Sports Travel Writing & Commentary Alps Outdoor Adventure
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some great moments where he explains the uncertainty in his own mind about his ability, his pathway and inner journey.

really enjoyed the honesty and fallibility

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Steve has a great story to share with everyone, I enjoyed the book. my only criticism is that he should have got a professional narrator to read the book.

Great story, got a little bogged down at times

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Spoke by Steve himself. Loved every part of it. Gripping story, brutal honesty and indepth descriptions of the emotional and physical battles that define an alpinist.

Loved it.

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