Beyond the Mountain, Steve House
Beyond the Mountain, Steve House
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Beyond the Mountain

Author: Steve House, Reinhold Messner

Series: Patagonia

Narrator: Steve House

Unabridged: 8 hr 56 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/04/2017


Synopsis

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.

About Steve House

Steve House is a world renowned climber, mountain guide, and Patagonia Ambassador, widely regarded for his light-and-fast style. He has published articles in a number of periodicals, and he is the author of Beyond the Mountains. He lives in Ridgway, Colorado.


Reviews

I finished this book about a week ago but I keep thinking about it. In several respects it is a flawed book. The prose is serviceable, not great. There is a certain monotony to the sequence of chapters, all of which are devoted to a milestone climb. Most of House's outings are described in astonishi......more

I read this book before going for an expedition to Karakorums in the northern part of my country (Pakistan). I went for this book purposefully to know more about these mountains but gladly, I found much more information than I was looking for. The writer is wonderful when he describes things in deta......more

Goodreads review by Charlie

A lot of this book I struggled with due to it jumping all over the place. However it dug down deep into thoughts of being in the alpinism and sacrifices/selfishness that comes with going into dangerous terrain. Defiantly has the mind thinking about what is possible and the values you uphold and what......more