DescriptionIn this adventure, Chris and Amy learn the importance of teamwork and determination through the epic story of Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary, the first people to reach the top of Mt. Everst! The award-winning Movies in My Mind listening series combines captivating storytelling with original dramatic orchestral music and vivid sound effects. Each 30-minute story was created and brought to life through the teamwork of a child psychologist and an Emmy Award-winning composer.
DescriptionThis panel discussion on modern-day exploration was recorded live at the 2006 New Yorker Festival in New York City. Bruce Beehler is an ornithologist and the vice-president of Conservation International's Pacific Programs. In 2005, he co-led a sc…
DescriptionYear after year, climbers return to the world's most difficult mountains. At these places, even the most cautious climber is vulnerable to mistakes, bad weather and bad luck, which often leads to death. This collection offers harrowing accounts of extreme mountaineering and its potentially fatal consequences.
DescriptionBefore dawn on August 12, 2000, four of America's best young rock climbers were sleeping in their portaledges high on the Yellow Wall, in the Pamir-Alai mountain range of Kyrgyzstan, in central Asia. By daybreak, they would be taken at gunpoint by militan…
DescriptionOne of the most extraordinary survival stories ever told, Aron Ralston's searing account of his six days trapped in one of the most remote spots in America, and how one inspired act of bravery brought him home. It started out as a simple hike in the U…
