This vividly imagined reflection on climbing provides an entirely new perspective on mountaineering. "It is not with skill that I wish to climb Everest," writes master climber, author, and poet Pat Ament. "I wish to climb it with curiosity and appreciation, with an artist's love . . . I want to be sunburned by the dream of life whose more diamond parts lie hidden in the rocks and in us." Ament's ten playful keys to climbing Everest all contain the same underlying message--that it is not an important thing to do. For those who believe that reaching the pinnacle of Everest will prove something, he says flatly that mediocre climbers have succeeded where expert climbers have failed. Everest is a metaphor for life, in his view, and life's power and meaning should be derived from seeking and valuing the sacred and the beautiful rather than from illusions of grandeur and fame.Inventive, whimsical, and peppered with hilarious cartoons, Climbing Everest explores the ways in which physical adventure teaches us how to live our lives, appreciate the miracle of existence, and experience the wonder of life to the fullest.

Climbing Everest: A Meditation on Mountaineering and the Spirit of Adventure

Business & Money

Ament, Pat

Job Hunting & Careers

McGraw=Hill

The ultimate anthology for climbing enthusiasts, adventure readers, and anyone who appreciates excellent writing Climber's Choice brings together writings by more than 20 of the world's top climbing authors. Editor Pat Amenthimself a world-class climber and critically acclaimed writerasked his colleagues to select those pieces of which they are most proud. The result is an unprecedented convocation of men and women who have conquered many of the most forbidding mountains and rock faces in the world and who write about these experiences in ways that transfix even the nonclimbers among us. Contributors include Chris Bonington, Greg Child, Joe Simpson, John Long, Alison Osius, Steven Venables, Walter Bonatti, and Paul Pritchard, to name just a few. Among them they have won four Boardman Tasker awards, two Banff Mountain Literature awards, and an American Alpine Club award. Each essay features a photo of its author and the author's thoughts on the special significance of the piece, together with a context-setting introduction from Ament.

Climber's Choice: The Best Climbing Writers Present Their Best Work

Sports & Outdoors

Mountaineering

International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press

The Best Climbing Writers Present Their WorkEdited by Pat AmentNo other sport has produced such an extensive volume of fine writing as climbing. Climber's Choice brings together Chris Bonington, Greg Child, Joe Simpson, Stephen Venables, and 19more of the world's best climbing authors, who were asked to select those short pieces of which they were the proudest. The result is a convocation of men and women who have conquered many of the most forbidding mountains and rock faces in the world and who write about their experiences with an uncommon force that has the power to transfix, amaze, and occasionally terrify.

Climber's Choice : The Best Climbing Writers Present Their Work

Master Of Rock: The Biography of John Gill

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Routledge

In this text, Pat Ament, who climbed with Gill at Horse Tooth Reservoir and Flagstaff Mountain, provides an insight into John Gill, and his evolution into a climbing pioneer.

John Gill: Master of Rock (Climbing Classics)

Stackpole Books

Very informal biography of the legendary rock climber. Originally published as Spirit of the Age, in 1992. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Royal Robbins: Spirit of the Age (Climbing Classics)

Reference

This is the second edition of High Over Boulder, a comprehensive and precise description of the trails and rock climbing routes near Boulder, Colorado. (1970)

High over Boulder

Pruett Pub. Co

This is the first and only definitive book about the free-climbing history of North America, written by "Master of Rock" Pat Ament. While other books have covered some of the material, there has never been as clear a chronology or as thorough, accurate, and well-researched a treatment. Ament leaves the critique and analysis to others and lets these remarkable events speak for themselves in a succinct, refreshing, and imitable style. 
The book includes interviews and commentary by many world-class climbers, including Royal Robbins, John Gill, Pete Cleveland, Henry Barber, John Bachar, Lynn Hill, John Long, Steve Roper, Jimmy Dunn, Dean potter, and Alan Watts. Photographs from prominent climbing photographers, such as Tom Frost, illustrate the prose and bring to life the personalities of many of these legendary climbers. 
Numerous climbing areas are covered, from the Adirondacks in upstate New York, to Arizona, the Pacific Northwest, Devils Lake in Wisconsin, and The Needles in South Dakota. This readable "encyclopedia" includes interviews, anecdotes, stories, and colorful quotes, along with funny and imaginiative writing. This is the book for newcomers to the sport as well as long-time aficionados. It will appeal to both die-hard climbers and to those who prefer adventuring in an armchair. A marvelous sense of suspense and adventure radiates from virtually every page.

A History of Free Climbing in America: Wizards of Rock

Wilderness Pr

Famous climber Tom Frost calls this book "the finest work to emerge from American climbing writing." An exquisite study of rock climbing & the sacredness & beauty of life. Amazing stories, fascinating insights, great writing.

Pat Ament: Stories of a young climber : an autobiography

Two Lights

"Definitely one of the best things I've read about Everest. Great work. Pat addresses many topics not well discussed anywhere. Very philosophical, thought provoking, and almost mystical writing." Gary Neptune - From the back cover.

10 Keys To Climb Everest

Two Lights Publishing

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