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Annapurna: a Womans Place Free FREE ANNAPURNA: A WOMANS PLACE PDF Arlene Blum | 272 pages | 01 Oct 2015 | COUNTERPOINT | 9781619026032 | English | Berkeley, United States Annapurna: A Woman's Place by Arlene Blum, Paperback | Barnes & Noble® Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Want to Read saving…. Want to Read Currently Reading Read. Other editions. Enlarge cover. Error rating book. Refresh and try Annapurna: A Womans Place. Open Preview See a Problem? Details if other :. Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. Preview — Annapurna by Arlene Blum. Maurice Herzog Foreword by. Expedition leader Arlene Blum here tells their dramatic story: the logistical problems, storms, and hazardous ice climbing; the conflicts and reconciliations within the team; the terror of avalanches that threatened to sweep away camps and Annapurna: A Womans Place. On October 15, two women and two Sherpas at last stood on the summit—but the celebration was cut short, for two days later, the two women of the second summit team fell to their deaths. Get A Copy. Paperbackpages. Published October 13th by Counterpoint first published More Details Original Title. Arlene Blum. Other Editions Friend Reviews. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about Annapurnaplease sign up. Lists with This Book. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 4. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Start your review of Annapurna: A Woman's Place. A must read. First of all, it's Annapurna: A Womans Place top-notch outdoor adventure - a start to finish account of the journey to safely and smoothly place the first all-woman team atop Annapurna 1, a climb that was also the first successful American ascent. Annapurna 1, ranked 10th highest peak in the world at 8, meters 26, ftis famous for it's toughness approach across an exposed avalanche face, Annapurna: A Womans Place ice rib to name a few. The Annapurna peaks are among the world's most dangerous mountains to cl A must read. The book also offers subtle insights into the leadership and team dynamics of high altitude work that male writers of that era generally didn't mention. Younger readers might not realize how pervasive the misogynistic attitude against women was a mere 30 years ago, and their supposed "unsuitability" for so many activities, including high altitude work. An important book about women striving and reaching. I first read it when I was 27, and it made me feel that women could reach and achieve anything and should definitely have equal opportunity to do so. Sep 15, Nigel rated it it was amazing Shelves: best-climbing-books. That certainly goes down as Annapurna: A Womans Place of the best climbing books I've read. Even on a simple basis it is a powerful story of a very challenging climb of one of the world's metre summits. Annapurna: A Womans Place fact that Arlene had access to fellow climbers diaries allows the narrative to reflect various views. The telling of the tale is simple and effective. The other dimension - the fact that this was an all women team - both adds to the power in places, saddens because of the treatment of female climbers and bring That certainly goes down as Annapurna: A Womans Place of the best climbing books I've read. The other dimension - the fact that this was an all women Annapurna: A Womans Place - both adds to the power in places, saddens because of Annapurna: A Womans Place treatment of female climbers and brings emotion into what is often a rather unemotional area of writing. The treatment of the climbers by the Sherpas, the climbers varying views on how the climb should be approached and Arlene's trials holding together the team and leading the expedition. Annapurna: A Womans Place excellent read for anyone interested - 4. Jan 11, Joanna rated it it was amazing Shelves: historyfavoritesnon-fictiontravelsportsasiawomen-s-historyclimbing. I haven't read a book I couldn't put down in forever. I was reading this as often Annapurna: A Womans Place I could and even woke up early I eagerly sacrificed sleep as a mother of two toddlers-- a testament to its quality. I did not Annapurna: A Womans Place the story of this climb before reading and recommend that you go in blind if you don't, as well. At points, it was as gripping as any thriller. Arlene did an amazing job capturing what feels like a balanced and honest view of peoples' experiences leading up to and on the mountain. Learning about the logistics that go behind a climb of this magnitude was fascinating all on its own. I will be thinking of this book for a long time to come and purchasing my "Women belong on top" t-shirt right now. View 1 comment. Jan 17, Scott rated it it was amazing. This book should be required reading for anyone who thinks great mountains can be climbed without a price. Arlene Blum's account of the first succesful American expedition to Annapurna: A Womans Place top of Annapurna is full of marvelous details about the extraordinary hard work and constant danger. If you ever wondered why it takes weeks and weeks to climb these things, then this book shows you why. Massive snowstorms. Constant av This book should be required reading for anyone who thinks great mountains can be climbed without a price. Constant avalanches. Perilous traverses. All the while inching supplies ever higher in order to support a summit attempt before the weather turns and the jet stream lowers itself onto the summit for the winter. And death in the blink of an eye. The mountains don't care about your gender, and neither should the AAC. Great book. Very inspiring. And sobering. This isn't Everest with porters and sherpas to carry your gear for you. There Annapurna: A Womans Place a Annapurna: A Womans Place of sherpas on the expedition but everyone is lugging load after load of gear and supplies up and down the mountain. This is mountaineering. So many mountaineering books are by men, which is a key point by the author. Once again. Highly recommend it. Nov 21, Barbara rated it it was amazing. Long Annapurna: A Womans Place, short Annapurna: A Womans Place read this book for inspiration. I just happened to pick up my copy from my bookshelf —of the first release in — to re-read. And I am glad I did. Reading this book—looking back all these years—documented that such treks were actually Long story, short — read this book for inspiration. Reading this book—looking back all these years—documented that such treks were actually done by — really done by — the climbers themselves. They did all the logistical planning. They did all the procurement. They did all the actual work on the mountain. It was jaw-dropping. Also, reading this book—looking back all these years — made me remember why I had bought the book and why I had reveled in the success of the climb team at the time. They had broken a barrier and had Annapurna: A Womans Place what women can do. My words are inadequate to describe my feelings about the story and experience described in this book. All kinds of adjectives about the women and the experience come to mind — mostly really positive such as tough, resourceful, committed, caring. Feb 18, Juli rated it it was amazing. I Annapurna: A Womans Place know the first thing about this sport and was instantly riveted by the author's first hand account of the incredible challenges, both on and off the mountain, that theses women experienced. Jan 14, Lauren rated it liked it Shelves: Arlene Blum's account of the all-women's expedition to Annapurna I, the tenth highest mountain in the world and the deadliest of the mountains over meters tall, is a fascinating look at what it takes to organize a climb of a dangerous, remote Annapurna: A Womans Place. Blum was expedition leader to the group of thirteen American women, all determined to prove to the climbing world that women were just as capable of mountaineering as men. Few of the mountaineering books I've read or films I've watched go in Arlene Blum's account of the all- women's expedition to Annapurna I, the tenth highest mountain in the world and the deadliest of the mountains over meters tall, is a fascinating look at what it takes to organize a climb of a dangerous, remote peak. Annapurna, a Woman's Place by Arlene Blum Arlene Blum born March 1, [1] is an American mountaineerwriter, and environmental health scientist. She is best known for leading an all-woman ascent of Annapurna Ia climb that was also the first successful American ascent. Blum was born in Davenport, Iowaand raised from the age of five on in Chicago by her Orthodox Jewish mother and grandparents. Her first climb was in Washingtonwhere she failed to reach the summit of Annapurna: A Womans Place Adams. However, she persevered, Annapurna: A Womans Place throughout her college days. She was rejected from an Afghanistan expedition inwith its leader writing to her, "One woman and nine men would seem to me to be unpleasant high on the open ice, not only in excretory situations but in the easy masculine companionship which is so vital a part of the joy of an expedition. After graduate school, Blum embarked on what she called the "endless winter" — spending more than a year climbing peaks all over the world. As deputy leader, Blum was part of the first all-woman team to ascend Alaska 's Mount Denali in She participated in a expedition up Mount Everest as part of the American Bicentennial Everest Expedition, but did not reach the summit.
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