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The Calling: A Life Rocked by Mountains

by Barry Blanchard
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The Calling: A Life Rocked by Mountains
The Calling: A Life Rocked by Mountains

Riveting transformation through extreme alpine ascents.

Imagine the thrill of conquering sheer, icy cliffs and the deep satisfaction of overcoming not just physical summits but also personal hurdles of poverty and doubt. Barry Blanchard's memoir doesn't just chart his ascents but also the soaring determination that propelled him from a tough beginning to the peaks of the world. It's raw, it's real, and it's a vivid journey through the rebellious beats of punk and the relentless call of the wild.

  • Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature (2015)
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The Calling: A Life Rocked by Mountains

by Barry Blanchard
RM44.00 MYR
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ISBN: 9781938340314
Authors: Barry Blanchard
Publisher: Patagonia
Date of Publication: 2014-10-07
Format: Hardcover
Related Collections: Sports, Travel, Biographies & Memoirs
Related Topics: Travelogue, Nature, Memoir, Adventure, Biography, Biography Memoir
Goodreads rating: 4.18
(rated by 432 readers)

Description

With heart-pounding descriptions of avalanches and treacherous ascents, Barry Blanchard chronicles his transformation from a difficult upbringing to one of the world's most respected alpinists. At thirteen, he learned to rappel and joined a cadet corps. He was soon dismissed for insubordination, but climbing had already hooked him, and he saw alpinism as a path to honor his mother and break the cycle of poverty. He describes early climbs guided by nothing but trail descriptions and sheer nerve. He gradually develops the skills, equipment, and partners to tackle progressively tougher climbs across the Canadian Rockies, Alaska, the French Alps, Everest, Peru, and the mountains of Pakistan. From each ascent he learns deep lessons about nature and extreme endeavor. This is a portrait of the culture of climbing in the era of punk rock, driven by adrenaline and youth's arrogance, and a testament to the mountains' power to lift us—physically, emotionally, intellectually, and spiritually.
 

Riveting transformation through extreme alpine ascents.

Imagine the thrill of conquering sheer, icy cliffs and the deep satisfaction of overcoming not just physical summits but also personal hurdles of poverty and doubt. Barry Blanchard's memoir doesn't just chart his ascents but also the soaring determination that propelled him from a tough beginning to the peaks of the world. It's raw, it's real, and it's a vivid journey through the rebellious beats of punk and the relentless call of the wild.

  • Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature (2015)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.