Tilting at Mountains: Overcoming Personal Demons to Climb the World's Highest Peaks
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Tilting at Mountains: Overcoming Personal Demons to Climb the World's Highest Peaks by Edurne Pasaban
On May 17, 2010, a 37-year-old Spaniard named Edurne Pasaban became the first woman to climb all fourteen peaks higher than 8,000 metres. This record-breaking accomplishment put the Basque woman on National Geographic's 2010 Adventurers of the Year list. The next year, both The Alpinist and Outside magazines placed her on their Adventurers of the Year lists, too.Pasaban's accomplishment did not come without controversy: Another woman, Korean climber Oh Eun-Sun, claimed to have completed the peaks a few weeks earlier. Later inquiries revealed that Oh Eun-Sun had failed to summit Kangchenjunga in 2009 and her claim was eventually withdrawn, leaving Edurne as the clear victor. But how did she get there?Published for the first time in English, Tilting at Mountains tells Edurne's heartfelt and deeply personal story. She details not only how she came to climb the 8,000-metre peaks - the competitive nature of her Basque heritage played a role, as did, admittedly, an interest in handsome climbing guides - but also how her love for the mountains pulled her from a deep, soul-crushing depression. The book covers her climbs on all the 8,000-metre peaks, some of which were almost cakewalks while others were climbed at great cost, including the loss of close friends.
Pasaban, Edurne: -
Edurne Pasaban did not grow up dreaming of becoming a professional alpinist. In Tolosa, Spain, where she was born in 1973, doing mountain sports was common but she never thought of devoting her life to it. She studied business at the university level, completed an executive program at a business school in Barcelona, and holds a masters degree in human resources management. She started and still runs a small rural hotel and restaurant in the Basque Country and teaches at a business college. She also travels, giving inspirational seminars to businesses and organizations. She lives in San Sebastian, Spain.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781594858505 |
| ISBN 10 | 1594858500 |
| Title | Tilting at Mountains: Overcoming Personal Demons to Climb the World's Highest Peaks |
| Author | Edurne Pasaban |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Mountaineers Books |
| Year published | 2014-05-21 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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