{"product_id":"9780684865454","title":"High Exposure : An Enduring Passion for Everest and Unforgiving Places","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eHigh Exposure\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): David Breashears\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor generations of resolute adventurers, from George Mallory to Sir Edmund Hillary to Jon Krakauer, Mount Everest and the world's other greatest peaks have provided the ultimate testing ground. But the question remains: Why climb? In \u003ci\u003eHigh Exposure,\u003c\/i\u003e elite mountaineer and acclaimed \u003ci\u003eEverest\u003c\/i\u003e filmmaker David Breashears answers with an intimate and captivating look at his life. \u003cbr\u003e For Breashears, climbing has never been a question of risk taking: Rather, it is the pursuit of excellence and a quest for self-knowledge. Danger comes, he argues, when ambition blinds reason. The stories this world-class climber and great adventurer tells will surprise you -- from discussions of competitiveness on the heights to a frank description of the 1996 Everest tragedy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003eStephen Ambrose author of \u003ci\u003eUndaunted Courage\u003c\/i\u003e I've spent a lifetime reading books by or about the famous adventurers....David Breashears's book is the first I've read by an end-of-the-twentieth-century mountain climber that surpasses many of them and is equal to all.\u003cbr\u003eClaire Martin \u003ci\u003eThe Denver Post\u003c\/i\u003e Very few of us will ever set foot on Everest....But this thoughtful, philosophical narrative may be the next best thing to being there.\u003cbr\u003eBruce Barcot The New York Times Book Review The greatest pleasures in \u003ci\u003eHigh Exposure\u003c\/i\u003e come when [Breashears] invites his readers in to the clannish subculture [of climbing].\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780684865454\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40945998758094,"sku":"9780684865454","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/O_9c9af089-541e-4945-9941-2b842154c74e.jpg?v=1646079952","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780684865454","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}