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Mountaineering: The Freedom of the Hills, 8th
Mountaineering: The Freedom of the Hills, 8th | The Mountaineers
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"If there is only one 'how to' book to read for the aspirant and expert alike, it is Freedom of the Hills. In fact, it is fair to say that Freedom is the definitive guide to mountains and climbing and has influenced pretty much every climber." -- Conrad Anker * 50th anniversary edition of the title considered "bible" of climbing * With nearly 1 million copies sold, this is the all-time bestselling mountaineering and climbing title * Printed on 100% recycled paper Since the publication of the first edition in 1960, Freedom, as the book is known, has endured as a classic mountaineering text. From choosing equipment to tying a climbing knot, and from basic rappelling techniques to planning an expedition -- it's all here in this essential mountaineering reference. A team of more than 40 experts -- all active climbers and climbing educators -- reviewed, revised, and updated this compendium to reflect the latest evolutions in mountaineering equipment and techniques. Major updates include a significant new chapter on conditioning, plus detailed and extensive revisions to rescue and first-response, aid climbing, and waterfall and ice climbing.
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LibrarianRyan
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My graphic for #MountTBR 2019. Feel free to use.

WanderingBookaneer Where do you make such cute graphics? Canvaa? 6y
LibrarianRyan @WanderingBookaneer yes. Mostly. But not always. 6y
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LibrarianRyan
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I spent too much time reading newer book to get much of a climb done this year. But I have set the same goal. 36.

Part of this is that I don‘t count picture books.

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julesG
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@DivaDiane #MountTBRchallenge

I managed 100 of the pledged 150 books. Not bad at all.

With all the books I bought and was gifted this year, I can aim for 150 again next year.

kspenmoll 🙌🏻🙌🏻🎉🎉🎉🎉 6y
Ms_T Well done! 6y
Nute Way to go! 6y
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BridgetteM Congratulations! 🎉🎈🎊 6y
Lizpixie Congratulations lovely!🎉 #morebooksmorebetter 6y
julesG @Lizpixie Thank you! 6y
CrowCAH Congrats 🎉 6y
RJHowe Huge accomplishment. Well done! 6y
julesG @CrowCAH Thank you! 6y
julesG @RJHowe Thank you! I just have the feeling that for every book I've read off my shelves I got two new ones. Somehow neither my physical nor my electronic library has shrunk. 6y
Simona That is impressive number! I reached 60. 6y
GripLitGrl 🎉🎉🎉 6y
julesG @Simona Not bad either! 👏👏 6y
Simona It‘s incredible number - for my reading habits 🤫😬 6y
julesG @Simona Rejoice in it! 6y
Redwritinghood 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 6y
julesG @Redwritinghood Thank you! 6y
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Natasha.C.Barnes
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I've decided not to abide by any main challenge prompts in 2018 (though they are going in my #bujo so I can cross off what I end up doing serendipitously) and instead trying to read the most books I'm really excited about possible. But I will do a #MountTBR for books I own--these are the books I own I'd like to try in 2018. I own a lot more but there are too many I don't own that I'm dying to read for them to make the cut. 🗻🗻🗻🗻🗻📚

Kalalalatja You have a lot of great books ahead of you, judging from that shelf 👌 7y
rockpools I really like your approach to the challenges! 7y
RadicalReader @Natasha.C.Barnes what‘s bujo? 7y
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Cinfhen Lots of awesome possibilities 🤗🤗🤗 7y
RebelReader I agree with @Kalalalatja, 2018 will be a wonderful reading year for you!😁😁 7y
effinprincess @RadicalReader bujo = bullet journal :) 7y
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Suet624
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Captain Adorable and I brought books, trucks, and lunch to the top of Mt. Mansfield. Spent hours up there and had to promise him a snack to get him to leave.

saresmoore 😍♥️😍♥️😍♥️😍♥️ 7y
AmyG He is Adorable. Mt. Mansfield!!!! 7y
Izai.Amorim Nice view! Can't start loving mountains early enough! 7y
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Cortg Fun! 7y
saresmoore I LOVE YOUR PROFILE PHOTO! 7y
Suet624 @saresmoore 😂😂😂 Thanks buddy. 7y
minkyb Great day! 7y
Ericmanciniwriter Great new photo! 7y
Suet624 @Eamann thanks! 😁 Friends started insisting that I use it as my facebook photo so I decided to use it here too. 😁 7y
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julesG
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#MountTBR

If recently published books that I put on my #TBR before they got on the market count, then I've reached #MtKilimanjaro.

Not to mention I've managed to finish my Goodreads Reading Challenge. I should stop being cautious and increase the number of books I intend to read.

Graciouswarriorprincess I am half way to Mount Blanco but have read over 100 books so far this year. Need to finish my tbr for this challenge. Congratulations!! (edited) 7y
Suet624 Nice!!!👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 7y
Yanes Wow... congrats 7y
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julesG @Graciouswarriorprincess - I feel like Sisyphus, as soon as I've reached a plateau, the next incline/another large stack of books appears in front of me. There are more than 500 books on my kindle alone. 🙈 7y
PurpleyPumpkin Good for you! Congrats!👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 7y
DGRachel That's awesome! I've blown my Goodreads challenge out of the water, but most of them have been books I bought after 1/1/17, so they don't count for Mount TBR. I've only managed 13 books for that challenge. 😳 7y
RaimeyGallant Nice! 7y
quirkyreader Keep on going and me at Mount Olympus. 🐸🐙 7y
ValerieAndBooks Yay 🎊🎉📚📚📚!! 7y
Graciouswarriorprincess @julesG I understand. 👍🏻😜 7y
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Well-ReadNeck
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#splasintosummerreads #newlyobsessed

I have been OBSESSED with tackling my TBR Mountain this year. Getting a second wind as I am nearing 100 books!!!!!

LeahBergen Holy 💩!!! That's amazing. 7y
moranadatter Wow! Great job! Any favorites? 7y
KellyK And here I was extremely happy with my 56 at mid-June... guess I have a ways to go. 📚💕 7y
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AThousandLives87 Good job!!! 7y
Sarah83 I wish I would made it so far 😉 7y
WeeWeegieBookworm Brilliant!! Well done 👍🏻 7y
rockpools Amazing! 7y
TheWordJar Excellent! Just keep reading, just keep reading... 🐠 7y
Andrew65 Well done! 7y
I-read-and-eat That's great! 😀 7y
DivineDiana Cheers! A monumental achievement! 👏🏻📚👏🏻 7y
Well-ReadNeck @moranadatter I had a lot of series books. The Last Policeman; Wayward Pines and the Gabriel Allon (Daniel Silva author) books were all awesome!! And, together they were 16 of the books I read 😛 (edited) 7y
Graciouswarriorprincess Fabulous! Me too as I am 91 books read and about half done with my Mount TBR. 7y
Ms_T Bravo! 7y
Well-ReadNeck @Graciouswarriorprincess 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 7y
WarpedSweetness That's awesome! And a really good idea. My TBR keeps growing thanks to Litsy. Lol 7y
8little_paws You're in beast mode 7y
mjdowens Nice stack tackle! 7y
Well-ReadNeck @WarpedSweetness Yes. That. Plus Litsy always keeps me informed of deals and sales (on kindle and book outlet especially) which, in part, created the monster! 👹 7y
Well-ReadNeck @KellyK 56 is awesome!! I really have read very few things not in this pile. 7y
EvieBee Wow! That is awesome! I only got that mark one year and I've been trying to get there ever since. I was an audiobook queen! Listened all day at work. 7y
Well-ReadNeck @EvieBee84 A good number of audiobooks here, too. I paused my audible subscription/membership while I catch up. 7y
Megabooks Wow!! 7y
WarpedSweetness @Well-ReadNeck I think after I finish my two read along I'll steal your idea and tackle my TBR list also. I haven't gone to Book Outlet yet. I discovered Thrift Books through here and now I'm afraid to look at other discounts places!! Lol Litsy really has created monsters. #blameLitsy 7y
elkeOriginal Holy moly! 👏👏👏👏👏 7y
azulaco Wow! I'll be lucky if I finish Pike's Peak level this year. 7y
Smangela I'm SO impressed that was a goal of mine but... I keep buying more and reading library loans?! Why do I do this to myself? Lol 7y
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valeriegeary
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And you thought *you* were having a bad day! 😱 #readingisdangerous

Jas16 Lol. That certainly puts things in perspective. 8y
kspenmoll 😂 8y
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valeriegeary
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Somehow I got talked into taking a mountaineering class this year and today's reading was about learning to self-arrest. 😱😱😱 Oh my God. I'm probably going to die. #pictureworthathousandwords

readinginthedark 😱😂This would totally be me all the time. 8y
MrBook 😳🙈😂😂👏🏻👏🏻 8y
Zelma I have friends who are climbers. He climbed Denali last year and they are doing Kilimanjaro soon. Hell no for me! 😱 8y
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BookInMyHands I would for sure 😳 8y
SaraFair Better not watch that Everest movie!! ⚠️ 8y
saresmoore Well, that's disheartening. 8y
AlaMich Feel the fear and do it anyway! (The slogan of the abseiling outfit I went with once) 8y
valeriegeary @Zelma I think I much prefer reading about mountains to climbing them. 😄 8y
valeriegeary @AlaMich I will try to remember this.... 😧 8y
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valeriegeary
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1 for my hubby, 2 for me. #libraryhaul #tbr

Reviewsbylola Dark Matter. ❤️❤️ 8y
valeriegeary @Reviewsbylola I'm really excited about this one! 8y
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