{"product_id":"2026100008887-secondhand-the-greatest-climbing-stories-ever-told-incredible-tales-of-risk-and-adventure","title":"The Greatest Climbing Stories Ever Told: Incredible Tales Of Risk And Adventure","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Wear and tear with damage\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFew pursuits demand as much of the human body and spirit as climbing — and The Greatest Climbing Stories Ever Told: Incredible Tales of Risk and Adventure gathers the most electrifying accounts of vertical conquest ever committed to the page. Edited and introduced by Bill Gutman, this masterful anthology assembles a company of mountaineers, adventurers, and survivors whose narratives traverse the world's most formidable peaks, from the death-zone altitudes of the Himalayas to the sheer granite faces of Yosemite, each tale alive with the primal tension between ambition and annihilation.\n\nGutman's curation presents a breathtaking cross-section of climbing literature, drawing on voices both celebrated and overlooked to illustrate the full spectrum of what it means to push beyond the limits of human endurance. The collection argues, with quiet authority, that climbing is not merely a sport but a profound philosophical act — a confrontation with mortality staged on the world's highest stages. Bound together by themes of courage, obsession, and the irreducible will to ascend, these stories leave the reader with one burning question: how high would you dare to go?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49336812765403,"sku":"2026100008887-SECONDHAND","price":25.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/661bea0f-d8f1-4af2-8af9-c40f826f30c0.png?v=1789958499","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100008887-secondhand-the-greatest-climbing-stories-ever-told-incredible-tales-of-risk-and-adventure","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}