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Training for the New Alpinism
- A Manual for the Climber as Athlete
- Narrated by: Roger Wayne
- Length: 13 hrs and 17 mins
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- Written by: Steve House, Scott Johnston, Kilian Jornet
- Narrated by: Roger Wayne
- Length: 9 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
Training for the Uphill Athlete translates theory into methodology to allow you to write your own training plans and coach yourself to endurance goals. Steve House, one of the best mountaineers, and his coach Scott Johnston, an Olympic-level cross country ski coach, along with Kilian Jornet, hands down best endurance athlete at this time, present training principles for the multisport mountain athlete who regularly participates in a mix of distance running, ski mountaineering, and other endurance sports that require optimum fitness and customized strength.
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Not adapted for Audio
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Written by: Steve House, and others
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- Length: 8 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
What does it take to be one of the world's best high-altitude mountain climbers? A lot of fundraising; traveling in some of the world's most dangerous countries; enduring cold bivouacs, searing lungs, and a cloudy mind when you can least afford one. It means learning the hard lessons the mountains teach. Steve House built his reputation on ascents throughout the Alps, Canada, Alaska, the Karakoram, and the Himalaya that have expanded possibilities of style, speed, and difficulty.
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Written by: Steve House, and others
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- From the Alps to Annapurna
- Written by: Lionel Terray, David Roberts - foreword
- Narrated by: Nigel Patterson
- Length: 15 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
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Written by: Lionel Terray, and others
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- Written by: Tommy Caldwell
- Narrated by: Johnathan McClain
- Length: 13 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
On January 14, 2015, Tommy Caldwell, along with his partner, Kevin Jorgeson, summited what is widely regarded as the hardest climb in history - Yosemite’s nearly vertical 3,000-foot Dawn Wall, after 19 days on the route. This engrossing memoir chronicles the journey of a boy with a fanatical mountain-guide father who was determined to instill toughness in his son to a teen whose obsessive nature drove him to the top of the sport-climbing circuit.
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Captivating
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Above the Clouds
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- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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No real story or narrative.
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- Written by: Jon Krakauer
- Narrated by: Philip Franklin
- Length: 8 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
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Publisher's Summary
In Training for the New Alpinism, Steve House, world-class climber and Patagonia ambassador, and Scott Johnston, coach of US national champions and World Cup Nordic skiers, translate training theory into practice to allow you to coach yourself to any mountaineering goal. Applying training practices from other endurance sports, House and Johnston demonstrate that following a carefully designed regimen is as effective for alpinism as it is for any other endurance sport and leads to better performance. They deliver detailed instruction on how to plan and execute training tailored to your individual circumstances.
Whether you work as a banker or a mountain guide, live in the city or the country, are an ice climber, a mountaineer heading to Denali, or a veteran of 8,000-meter peaks, your understanding of how to achieve your goals grows exponentially as you work with this audiobook. Chapters cover endurance and strength-training theory and methodology, application, and planning, nutrition, altitude, mental fitness, and assessing your goals and your strengths.
Chapters are augmented with inspiring essays by world-renowned climbers, including Ueli Steck, Mark Twight, Peter Habeler, Voytek Kurtyka, and Will Gadd.
PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.
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- mvrekic
- 2021-07-16
a gem of a book
This is a mandatory reading for alpine climbing. I imagine I will be referencing it often. True gem.
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- Harri
- 2019-04-18
Superb
I'm impressed. This book is hugely informative but yet managed to keep me entertained. The subjective view of the author about alpinism is very interesting. I also enjoyed how the book is full of excerpts and real life stories about other legendary alpinists and climbers. It has had a impact on my own life and future climbing ambitions. For any climber I would recommend it full heartedly. As a non native English speaker I also liked the narration.
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- Safjoe
- 2020-02-25
A manual for life
How detailed. I've a long history with physical training so I understood the narrative well. This manual is incredibly detailed and very well laid out. If you are new to physical training, expect to read the book a few times to solidify the knowledge. There is a lot of technical detail related to human physiology and you need to understand the concepts in detail to be able to manipulate your physiology into action. This is not just a book for climbers, anyone interested in self-development cN benefit from the knowledge shared herein. Now to read it again.
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- laurie
- 2023-03-17
So helpful and inspiring! Gonna listen a second time while out on my Zone 2 training
Can’t believe it’s taken me until j was 32 to listen to this. Wish I’d started 10 years ago. Or earlier!
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- Mowglie
- 2023-03-11
perfect training, no wasted time, do it
I have a decent amount of training in my background and this right here is spot on. I have direct experience with many of the concepts spoken about, and I know they are on to something great. thank you for taking the time to create this wonderfully Informative and easy to digest book for the alpinist!
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- Amazon Customer
- 2023-02-27
Insightful and impactful
In 2018-2019 season I had just finished reading Ueli Steck’s books and was mimicking his training regimen due to a passion for fast and light. It led me towards a number of speed summits in Glacier National Park at the time and hadn’t really understood that I was tapping into training methods that were presented in this book.
This is a good read for anyone looking for some extra adventure stories in their life. It’s not a textbook about human biology, so it has a good balance of being informative as well as entertaining.
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- Hope
- 2023-01-24
The training bible
From nutrition, performance, mental game, and personal inquiry, this training guide dives into just about every facet or training for alpine objectives. I’ll be referring to it again and again!
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- Julie B
- 2022-10-11
Must read for any serious climber
This book details how to design your own training protocol for any climbing objective by explaining training philosophies and the science behind them. This book brought together so much information I’d be searching for.
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- Janetterz
- 2022-07-13
Inspiring and motivating!
As I'm preparing for my 1st summit ever, Mount Whitney in California a friend of mine recommended this book to begin my training. It was so much more than I expected
Great tips wonderful insights and amazing stories of other climbers. 5 stars!
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- S. Schwankert
- 2022-06-03
Superb for athletes of all sports
This book was recommended to me years ago and I’m kicking myself for not having read it back then. I am not either an alpinist nor do I have any interest in mountains, but this book need not be only for people with Eiger dreams. Any endurance athlete can benefit from what it discusses in terms of physiology, psychology, and preparation. I may even pick up a used paper copy of the book so that I can use it as a reference, it is so dense and comprehensive that it requires more than one read. Thank you to the authors and I highly recommend this book.
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- paige b
- 2022-02-09
packed with information
I'm just starting to get into climbing, hiking, and outdoor adventures and this book was motivating and informative.
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