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" Die trying : "
Bo Parfet ; with Richard Buskin.
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BL
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1011350
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b765720
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Parfet, Bo.
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Die trying : : one man's quest to conquer the Seven Summits /\ Bo Parfet ; with Richard Buskin.
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New York :: American Management Association,, ©2009.
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1 online resource (xii, 236 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) :: color illustrations
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0814410855
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: 9780814410851
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0814410847
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9780814410844
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| Contents
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Foreword; Author's Note; The Seven Summits; Introduction; 1 Getting to the Mountain; 2 Kilimanjaro; 3 Aconcagua; 4 Up the Creek: A Quick Adventure; 5 Denali; 6 Elbrus, First Attempt; 7 Vinson Massif; 8 Everest, First Attempt; 9 Elbrus, Second Attempt ... Plus Exploits; 10 Carstensz Pyramid; 11 Kosciuszko (and Some Major Side Adventures); 12 Everest, Second Attempt -- On Top of the World; Appendix: The Seven Summits Gear List; Acknowledgments.
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An exhilarating and inspiring story of one man's journey to overcome nature- and his own fears.
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Parfet, Bo.
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Parfet, Bo.
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Continents.
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Mountaineering.
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Mountaineers-- United States, Biography.
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Mountains.
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Continents.
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Mountaineering.
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Mountaineers.
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Mountains.
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SPORTS RECREATION-- Mountaineering.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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796.522092B
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GV200.P37 2009eb
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Buskin, Richard.
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