Epic: Stories of Survival from the World's Highest Peaks
by Willis, Clint

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Epic: Stories of Survival from the World's Highest Peaks is a collection of fifteen memorable accounts of legend-making expeditions to the world's most famous peaks, often in the world's worst possible conditions. Editor Clint Willis has gathered the most exciting climbing literature of the modern age into one cliff-hanging volume. And yet Willis writes in his introduction, “This book includes nothing that can't stand on its merits as prose. Robert Bates, Peter Boardman, Greg Child, John Climaco, Art Davidson, Maurice Herzog, Tom Hornbein, Eric Shipton, Joe Tasker, H.W. Tilman and Stephen Venables are all climbers who write very well. Jon Krakauer and David Roberts are superb. Matthiessen is another fine writer who has spent time in the mountains and plays for high stakes. Alfred Lansing is a writer who got hold of a wonderful story – Shackleton's – and did it justice.” Reading Epic is like sitting through fifteen of the greatest action sequences ever filmed – but it's more than that. Epic is great writing – and a truly great read.

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ISBN-10:	1560251549
ISBN-13/EAN:	9781560251545
Author:	Willis, Clint
Publisher:	Thunder's Mouth Press New York
Publication Date:	11/1997
Pages:	342 pages
Size/Dimensions:	1.0 x 6.25 x 9.0 inches
Binding:	Paperback