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  • Blank on the Map
    Eric Shipton
    'As I studied the maps, one thing about them captured my imagination - across this blank space was written one challenging word, "Unexplored"'In 1937 two of the twentieth century's greatest explorers set off to explore an unknown area of the Himalaya, the breath-taking Shaksgam mountains. With a team of surveyors and Sherpas, Eric Shipton and H.W. Tilman located and...
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    14,31 €

  • Simple Survival
    J. W. Meyer / JWMeyer
    The world that we live in is unpredictable and full of hazards that can develop in a moment's notice. Destructive weather, shocking accidents and terrorist acts are part of our reality. The media shows that these things are happening every day. Don't be the one who says it won't happen to me. It's a trap for the weak! Preserving the safety and security for yours...
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    14,89 €

  • Chasing Greatness
    Mike Roberts
    Whether you’re teaching a class or running a race, Chasing Greatness is your road to success'Mike's analogy, comparing teaching to running a marathon, is spot on. Not only does teaching require great endurance, it is something, much like running a marathon, that you never quite master. Both require dedication, sacrifice, and perseverance to succeed.'--DEAN KARNAZES, maratho...
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    18,76 €

  • Everest 1951
    Eric Shipton
    In 1953, Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay reached the summit of Mount Everest. They climbed from the south, from Nepal, via the Khumbu Glacier – a route first pioneered in 1951 by a reconnaissance expedition led by Eric Shipton. Everest 1951 is the account of this expedition.It was the first to approach the mountain from the south side, it pioneered a route through the Khumbu ...
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    13,80 €

  • Strangers In The Storm
    Diane McKenney / Jared Rund
    Jared Rund and Diane McKenney were strangers when they set out to climb Mount Rainier, but they had one thing in common: they weren’t going to let anything stop them from reaching the mountain’s imposing 14, 411 foot summit, one of the tallest and most challenging peaks in the United States. But when a sudden storm swallowed the mountain and hid their trail, their weekend hike ...
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    17,75 €

  • Adventure Expedition One
    Aaron Linsdau / Terry M. Williams
    #1 Bestseller on Amazon (Feb 2019 in Mountaineering Guides)“Explorers must be self-contained and prepared for anything.”Expedition—An adventure into the extreme unknown where you will be tested to the limit.How do you set off on your first epic expedition? Where should you even start? This book has practical advice to help you begin planning your first trek. Dreaming, planning,...
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    19,20 €

  • Adventure Expedition One
    Aaron Linsdau / Terry M. Williams
    #1 Bestseller on Amazon (Feb 2019 in Mountaineering Guides)“Explorers must be self-contained and prepared for anything.”Expedition—An adventure into the extreme unknown where you will be tested to the limit.How do you set off on your first epic expedition? Where should you even start? This book has practical advice to help you begin planning your first trek. Dreaming, planning,...
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    30,36 €

  • Land of Tempest
    Eric Shipton
    ‘We discovered an easy pass to the head of the Ameghino Glacier, and climbed to the summit of a rock peak above it, where for three hours we sat in the warm sun gazing at a magnificent panorama of nameless mountains.’Land of Tempest reveals Shipton at his best – writing with enthusiasm and humour about his explorations in Patagonia in the 1950s and 1960s. He is an astute observ...
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    14,34 €

  • Running for the Average Joe
    Bill Watts
    In the winter of 2001, Bill Watts stepped on the scale at nearly 200 pounds, and had difficulty walking up the four flights of stairs at his job. Plagued with stress, high blood pressure, and high cholesterol, he set his sights for better health and living. Bill began running races from 5k's on the road, to ultramarathon trail races. Trying to fill the void of running books...
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    49,30 €

  • Free campers Guide to Norway
    Tor Robert Nordahl
    This book are intended for campers who wish to stay in quiet, scenic and natural surroundings on their travels in Norway. Listing over 500 sites to camp or park for free in the Norwegian nature with motorhome, caravan and also tent. With clear maps and colorcodes we make it easy to find sites that fits your needs in your area. Each site have a QR code You can scan with Your sma...
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    39,66 €

  • John Gill
    Pat Ament
    John Gill: Master of Rock is a captivating look into the life, achievements and ethos of boulderer John Gill. This new edition of the classic title is complete with photographs, personal impressions of Gill from climbers such as Yvon Chouinard, and an enlightening interview with Gill himself.Hailed the father of modern bouldering, John Gill is an awe-inspiring climber with enig...
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    14,35 €

  • Scouting and Reconnaissance in Savage Countries
    Chauncey Hugh Stigand
    112 years in the making, finally a second edition of CH Stigand's Scouting & Reconnaissance in Savage Countries. Introduced and edited by CA Brown, this new edition has been completely reset and includes all original illustrations as well as new photographs. Originally published in 1907, Scouting & Reconnaissance in Savage Countries is one of several books which inspired th...
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    14,82 €

  • A Cool Breeze on the Appalachian Trail
    Tom Gregg
    Cool Breeze (AKA Tom Gregg), a successful entrepreneur, has always set and accomplished his goals—his own way. So, when deciding to hike the 2,189 miles Appalachian Trail in 2017, he was determined to hike hisown hike. This is the true account of Tom’s attempt at age 53 to hike the Appalachian Trailin less than ninety days, not as a backpacker, but as a supported hiker. To acco...
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    14,65 €

  • A Cool Breeze on the Appalachian Trail
    Tom Gregg
    Cool Breeze (AKA Tom Gregg), a successful entrepreneur, has always set and accomplished his goals—his own way. So, when deciding to hike the 2,189 miles Appalachian Trail in 2017, he was determined to hike hisown hike. This is the true account of Tom’s attempt at age 53 to hike the Appalachian Trailin less than ninety days, not as a backpacker, but as a supported hiker. To acco...
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    21,91 €

  • Like Son
    Alexander Sebastian
    Like Son is the autobiographical story of a runner looking for the meaning behind his compulsive running habit.  Through races, travel, coaching and explorations on foot that pushed the boundaries of what he thought possible for himself, the author arrived face to face with the reason why he ran.  It wasn't what he explected. ...
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    12,72 €

  • Everest Trekking With Kids
    Neil Mundell
    This is an inspirational tale of one family’s international achievement in the face of adversity. In 2014, the Mundell family embarked on a spectacular adventure. After introducing their children to the thrills of mountaineering, they ascended to the Mt. Everest Base Camp in Tibet. The children, aged 6 and 7, became the youngest in the world to make such a trek. But their adven...
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    13,22 €

  • The New Forest
    Horace G. Hutchinson / Horace GHutchinson
    This vintage book contains a charming guide to the New Forest, an area of southern England which includes one of the largest remaining tracts of unenclosed pasture land, heathland and forest in the heavily populated south-east of England. It covers southwest Hampshire and extends into southeast Wiltshire and towards east Dorset. With interesting historical information as well a...
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    26,46 €

  • I Walk Alone
    Geoffrey Eldridge
    I walk alone. That is not down on the city streets where help or a sympathetic ear is never very far away, but solo up in the rough country where I have climbed over a thousand mountains. I have no claim to fame, expertise or celebrity status. I’m just an ordinary guy who endeavours to climb out of the ruts we call existence to tailor a life around trying to make it just that l...
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    28,36 €

  • Camping with Geronimo
    Martin Muska
    Camping with Geronimo is the intersection of the legend of Geronimo—the 1880s and 1890s Old West history, government, and technology, all set in family camping adventures. Our story is highlighted with photos from many camping trips. It is a breeze entwined explanation of nature, wilderness camping trails, surveying, roads, bridges, buildings, ships, and engines. Camping with G...
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    9,17 €

  • The Peak Bagging Log Book
    Matthew Arnold
    Take on the ultimate challenge of conquering the highest point in every county.To help you undertake a challenge like no other, this book provides a fantastic way of keeping a track record of how and when you have reached the highest point in every one of the United Kingdom’s 108 counties. Each county top is listed in order from highest to smallest, providing stats, a short bio...
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    13,97 €

  • Painted Mountains
    Stephen Venables
    ‘The mountains are crystal under the blue sky, as we climb up our untouched peak. This is why we climb.’In this fast-paced, refreshingly honest account, Stephen Venables invites you on an adventure like no other. Delving deeply into the unknown, the unclimbed and the undiscovered, Painted Mountains details the stories of two very different expeditions: the first ascent of 6,000...
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    14,34 €

  • Never Missed
    Chris Covert / Mark Covert
    What started as a hobby quickly became a life’s passion and a legacy for Mark Covert, holder of the second-longest running streak in history. Join Mark as he shares stories from the roads and trails he ran to cover an astonishing 159,000 miles, and the wisdom learned during the 16,436 consecutive days he kept The Streak alive. From his first national championship, to competing ...
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    14,23 €

  • What Killed Sally
    Slim and Cassy
    The Green Tree Campers of America youth organization leads camping expeditions to educate their young—mostly city-raised members—in outdoor skills, and PSL Ranch in Central Texas is one of their favorite locations. Although this ranchland is beautiful and full of interesting wildlife, it can also be quite dangerous for the unprepared. Due to “a few” lethal incidents involving c...
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    12,66 €

  • Surviving a Nuclear War
    George John Georgiou
    Reading this book can save your life and that of your loved ones in case of a nuclear war. Many people feel that there is no point thinking about the eventuality of a nuclear war as it means certain death. This is simply not true! If you know how to protect yourselves and your families, then you can survive most nuclear wars. This book will demythologize radiation myths and giv...
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    27,78 €

  • Campfire Tales
    Ron McCoy
    This book is a trove of real-life stories and tips collected over the span of six decades by his author, Ron McCoy. These stories represent a lifetime of riding, owning, camping and traveling with horses. In Campfire Tales and Other Adventures, McCoy shares many of these stories.The adventures in this book are narrated with humor because they were humorous in the first place, i...
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    17,79 €

  • Find Your Own Mountains
    Paul Samuel
    How do we live a full and satisfying life? How do we know what we can excel at? How do we start believing that we have many options? Find Your Own Mountains is a collection of stories from Paul’s travels and exploits which he diarised throughout his life, and which greatly contributed to the discovery of his own capabilities and the formation of his character. He distils the es...
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    20,48 €

  • The Trail Running Guidebook
    Hanny Allston
    The Find Your Feet Trail Running Guidebook provides athletes of any ability a safe pathway of preparation to their chosen adventures. Hanny Allston’s personal coaching methodologies focus on sustainable, long-term health, training and performance successes.The Trail Running Guidebook contains a snapshot of key lessons that Hanny has learnt on her journey to becoming a world cha...
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    20,02 €

  • Islands in the Snow
    Mark Horrell
    Two days east of Lukla was a pleasant yak pasture surrounded by high peaks. When Col. Jim Roberts set out to look for it in 1953, he ended up making the first ascent of Mera Peak and sowing the seeds of Himalayan tourism.Mera Peak has become a popular goal for trekkers and novice mountaineers, but few people climb to its true summit, and fewer still travel beyond it to find the...
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    9,82 €

  • Burn Your Safety Manual Today and Thank Me Tomorrow
    Keith Odom
    This book, despite the title, is a book about managing safety. It’s looking at the safety field as a whole from a different angle to see where improvements can be made. It’s also moving away from the word 'safety' and taking a more practical approach that may be more accepted by employees that will, in turn, help with compliance. Sometimes, we need to back up and look at things...
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    13,03 €

  • Climb to the Lost World
    Hamish MacInnes
    Over 9,000 feet up on the top of Mount Roraima is a twenty-five mile square plateau, at the point where Guyana’s border meets Venezuela and Brazil. In 1973, Scottish mountaineering legend Hamish MacInnes alongside climbing notoriety Don Whillans, Mo Anthoine and Joe Brown trekked through dense rainforest and swamp, and climbed the sheer overhanging sandstone wall of the great p...
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    15,17 €