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En „Catorce veces ocho mil“(2011) Edurne Pasaban describe no solamente las expediciones que la llevaron a conquistar los 14 picos más altos del planeta sino que también relata sus comienzos como alpinista y pasa, además, revista a varios aspectos de su vida personal. El primer encuentro de Edurne co Leggi tutto

Pasaban's climbs are amazing!! but her writing (or at least in translation) is distant, maybe too factual for me -- even when discussing personal matters. She covers a lot at the expense of detail. Like she's going up a mountain and lists everyone who is there, reviews how beautiful the approach is, Leggi tutto

Cosa devo votare? Lei, Edurne? 5 stelle piene. Il libro? boh! Colpa della traduzione? Possibile perché, per esempio, un signore non è di "età media" ma di mezza età, cribbio. Cmq l'ho trovato nell'insieme un po' ingessato e a tratti un po' pedante. D'altronde lei, Edurne, mica fa la scrittrice per pr Leggi tutto

Espectacular

Tilting at Mountains: Love, Tragedy, and Triumph on the World's Highest Peaks is the autobiographical account of Edurne Pasabán 's attempts, and eventual success, at climbing to the summit of the world's 14 peaks over 8,000 meters. I received this book through Goodreads' First reads program. The narra Leggi tutto

Not a perfect book (there are a few things I'll chalk up to slight translation errors), but I really enjoyed this honest and inspirational look at Edurne Pasabán's journey to becoming a mountaineer, as well as to successfully summiting all fourteen of the world's 8000+ meter peaks (or 26,247+ foot p Leggi tutto

This is the story of Edurne Pasaban, of Spain, a mountaineer and first woman to have climbed all fourteen mountain peaks over 8,000 meters, giving her recognition in major magazines. As she became more recognized in the climbing world, she was sponsored on and off by a Spanish network called (Al Fil Leggi tutto

Edurne Pasaban's recollection of her quest to climb all 14 8000ers is a fast and engaging read that appeals to all in touch with the sport of mountaineering. As she makes it clear repeatedly, she didn't set out explicitly to become the first woman to achieve this landmark, and she only got engrossed Leggi tutto

Edurne Pasaban is credited with being the first woman to summit the world's fourteen 8000 meter mountains. While the main focus of the book centers around this accomplishment, it also touches on growing up in the Basque region of Spain, her family relationships, as well as her battle to come to grip Leggi tutto

I have read several dozen mountaineering books (a wonderful world to enter if you are looking for a reading hobby), and closely followed the last couple of years of Edurne Pasaban's quest to be the first woman climber to summit all 14 of the world's 8,000 meter mountains. I was pleasantly surprised a Leggi tutto