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A unique, and very frank, memoir about opting for adventure instead of motherhood, freedom instead of a family. This enthralling memoir tracks the stages of award-winning author Maria Coffey¿s decision to create an adventurous, nomadic life instead of having children and where that life has led her. It¿s an exciting travelogue, a love story, and a commentary on the risks and rewards of choosing unconventional paths. Maria reveals how a facto...

Molti dei maggiori alpinisti del mondo o le loro vedove parlano con l'autrice del costo dell'avventura estrema: Jim Wickwire, Conrad Anker, Lynn Hill, Joe Simpson, Anatolij Bukreev e molti altri. Sia che si consideri questa attività "malata", sia che la si veda come una forma di elevazione, il persistere dello spirito umano nelle avversità non può che suscitare ammirazione. Che cosa spinge a tentare di costruire una relazione duratura con un a...

Without risk, say mountaineers, there would be none of the self-knowledge that comes from pushing life to its extremes. For them, perhaps, it is worth the cost. But when tragedy strikes, what happens to the people left behind? Why would anyone choose to invest in a future with a high-altitude risk-taker? What is life like in the shadow of the mountain? Such questions have long been taboo in the world of mountaineering. Now, the spouses, parent...

Climbers who court danger in the world's highest places risk far more than just their own skins. She recounts climbers' stories of near-death experiences, and gives a voice to the families and loved ones of Chris Bonington, Ed Viesturs, Anatoli Boukreev and Alex Lowe, amongst many other famous names.

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An intimate story of personal cost, risk, and loss in the mountaineering world.