{"product_id":"9781594858505","title":"Tilting At Mountains: Overcoming Personal Demons To Climb The Worlds Highest Peaks","description":"\u003cp\u003e* The author reveals the demons that drove her to extreme physical accomplishments at the cost of great suffering story of adventure and personal growth\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e* Pasaban is one of the best high-altitude climbers in the world today\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn May 17, 2010, a 37-year-old Spaniard named Edurne Pasaban became the first woman to climb all fourteen peaks higher than 8,000 meters. This record-breaking accomplishment put the Basque woman on National Geographic’s 2010 “Adventurers of the Year” list. The next year, both \u003cem\u003eThe Alpinist \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eOutside\u003c\/em\u003e magazines placed her on their “Adventurers of the Year” lists, too.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePasaban’s accomplishment did not come without controversy: Another woman, Korean climber Oh Eun-Sun, claimed to have completed the peaks a few weeks earlier. Later inquiries revealed that Oh Eun-Sun had failed to summit Kangchenjunga in 2009 and her claim was eventually withdrawn, leaving Edurne as the clear victor. But how did she get there?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished for the first time in English, \u003cem\u003eTilting at Mountains\u003c\/em\u003e tells Edurne’s heartfelt and deeply personal story. She details not only how she came to climb the 8,000-meter peaks——the competitive nature of her Basque heritage played a role, as did, admittedly, an interest in handsome climbing guides——but also how her love for the mountains pulled her from a deep, soul-crushing depression. The book covers her climbs on all the 8,000-meter peaks, some of which were almost cakewalks while others were climbed at great cost, including the loss of close friends.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mountaineers Books, The","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47036783034608,"sku":"9781594858505","price":16.35,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781594858505_p0.jpg?v=1763814598","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781594858505","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}