"On the Ridge Between Life and Death" by David Roberts 1st/1st HC/DJ 2005

Description: "On the Ridge Between Life and Death: A Climbing Life Reexamined" was written by David Roberts and published by Simon & Schuster in New York in 2005. This is a hardcover, first edition, first printing of this 414-page memoir by a mountaineer, author and essayist who has been described as 'a dean of modern adventure writing.' The original price, as shown on the dustjacket front flap, was $26.00. From the dustjacket blurb:“By the time David Roberts turned twenty-two, he had been involved in three fatal mountain climbing accidents and had himself escaped death by the sheerest of luck. “At age eighteen, Roberts witnessed the death of his first climbing partner in Boulder, Colorado. A few years later, he was the first on the scene of a fatal accident on Mount Washington, New Hampshire. Months afterward, while pioneering a new route in Alaska with the Harvard Mountaineering Club, Roberts watched as his climbing partner and friend fell wordlessly 4,000 feet to a glacier below. “Despite these tragedies, Roberts insists that the greatest pleasures in his life have come in the mountains. Several of his challenging routes in Alaska have never been climbed again in the nearly forty years since those first ascents. Roberts continues to climb today, and like all climbers, he still grapples with the cost-benefit calculus of his sport.“In a well-known essay that he wrote twenty-five years ago, ‘Moments of Doubt,’ Roberts insisted that the benefits of climbing were ‘worth it.’ More recently, however, he has gone back to interview relatives and friends of some of his deceased climbing partners. He discovered that even decades later, the wounds had failed to heal, the terrible losses were still acutely felt. And so in this book he comes to a different conclusion about climbing, one that is sure to stir controversy in mountaineering circles and among adventurers generally. “Anyone who has ever wondered why mountaineers take the risks that they do will be moved and enlightened by ‘On the Ridge Between Life and Death,’ as will anyone who appreciates vivid, dramatic storytelling and an unflinchingly honest self-examination of a lifetime spent pursuing a dangerous pastime.” The book is in fine, collectible condition, with no torn or bent pages, no scratches, stains or inscriptions, no remainder marks, no price-clipping, no bookplate, no ex-library, no book club edition, no flaws of any sort. It is as new.The dustjacket has a slight wrinkle to the front flap edge but is otherwise in fine shape and is now protected in a clear and removable archival cover.Please see the photos for a fuller description and author profile.BOX B2PLEASE SEE THE OTHER TITLES NOW LISTED IN MY EBAY STORE: DISTANT VOYAGE BOOKS PAYPAL PREFERRED Will combine shipping. All items are well packed and are normally mailed within two days of payment being received. My 100% feedback rating is valuable to me. If you are satisfied with a transaction, please leave feedback and I will do the same. Questions welcome. Additional photographs on request. Note: Scrolling through my listings will locate books in these and many other categories: Animals; Art & Architecture; Biography; Children’s; Collecting & Collectibles; Entertainment, Film & Theater; Fiction; Food & Drink; Gardening; History; Military; Music; Natural History; Nautical; Photography; Science & Technology; Travel; Space; Sports; Transportation. New Listings added almost daily.

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