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I ghiacciai e le vette del Monte Bianco, le sue pareti di granito e le sue creste di neve dove s’incontrano Italia, Francia e Svizzera, formano paesaggi di straordinario fascino. La prima ascensione ai 4810 metri della cima è stata compiuta nel 1786 da Jacques Balmat e Michel-Gabriel Paccard. Da allora, uomini e donne d’avventura come Edward Whymper e Albert Frederick Mummery, Giusto Gervasutti e Walter Bonatti, Christophe Profit, Catherine Destivelle e tanti altri hanno compiuto imprese straordinarie. Il libro racconta le loro speranze, i loro trionfi, le tragedie che hanno segnato questi due secoli e mezzo.

Immerse yourself in the ultimate guide to angling success with 'Next-Level Bass Fishing: Taking Your Bass Angling to New Heights with Expert Strategies.' This audiobook is an unparalleled voyage into the art of bass fishing, curated for passionate anglers seeking to elevate their game to new heights.

"Hunting with the Bow & Arrow" by Saxton Pope is a seminal work in the world of archery and traditional bow hunting. Published in 1923, this book offers an in-depth look at the art and craft of hunting using primitive methods. Pope, a physician and skilled archer, chronicles his experiences and adventures in the field, providing listeners with practical advice on bow construction, arrow making, and hunting techniques.

In Paddleways of Mississippi: Rivers and People of the Magnolia State, listeners will discover flowing details of virtually every waterway in the state—the features, wildlife, vegetation, geology, hydrology, and specific challenges to be expected—alongside many wonderful historical and social accounts specific to each system.

This gripping account of courage, achievement, and heartbreaking loss tells the story of Bonington's Boys, a band of climbers who reinvented mountaineering during the three decades after Everest's first ascent. The boyish, fanatically driven Chris Bonington's inner circle included a dozen of the most renowned climbers, who took increasingly terrible risks on now legendary expeditions to the world's most fearsome peaks, and paid an enormous price. Most of them died in the mountains, leaving behind the hardest question of all: Was it worth it?