{"product_id":"9781409023999","title":"Flame Of Adventure","description":"\u003cp\u003eSimon Yates, author of \u003ci\u003eAgainst the Wall\u003c\/i\u003e, takes us back to his early years as a climber - the escapades and excitement of a young life lived on the edge and for the moment, when experience was all-important and dramatic achievements and failures came as naturally as the hair-raising risks themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA mountaineering travelogue of dazzling variety, \u003ci\u003eThe Flame of Adventure \u003c\/i\u003emoves from the camaraderie of deprived Russian climbers in the little-known peaks in the Tien Shan to the awesome experience of the North Face of the Eiger, from a rumbustious motorbike ride across Australia with a psychotic lorry driver. We meet a remarkable gallery of climbers, from Doug Scott to Joe Simpson, and, when not exploring high mountains, we enter the bizarre world of rope access workers: mavericks balancing high above building sites on the London skyline.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Random House Adult Trade Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47152982393072,"sku":"9781409023999","price":14.09,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781409023999_p0.jpg?v=1763719678","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781409023999","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}