No Shortcuts to the Top
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No Shortcuts to the Top is a mountaineering memoir by climber Ed Viesturs, co-written with David Roberts, recounting Viesturs’ quest to summit all fourteen of the world’s 8,000-meter peaks without supplemental oxygen.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| No Shortcuts to the Top canonical | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book
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mountaineering memoir ⓘ |
| about |
8000ers completion quest
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Annapurna expeditions ⓘ Ed Viesturs NERFINISHED ⓘ Everest expeditions ⓘ K2 expeditions ⓘ climbing without supplemental oxygen ⓘ fourteen 8000-meter peaks ⓘ mountaineering ethics ⓘ risk and decision-making in the mountains ⓘ |
| author | Ed Viesturs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
discipline
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persistence ⓘ respect for the mountains ⓘ risk versus reward ⓘ teamwork in extreme environments ⓘ |
| coAuthor | David Roberts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depicts |
Ed Viesturs’ completion of all fourteen 8000-meter peaks
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climbing without bottled oxygen ⓘ |
| features |
accounts of family life impact
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accounts of guiding on Everest ⓘ chronological account of climbs ⓘ descriptions of climbing partners ⓘ discussion of risk management ⓘ discussion of turning back short of the summit ⓘ personal reflections ⓘ |
| genre |
autobiography
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non-fiction ⓘ sports literature ⓘ |
| hasProtagonist | Ed Viesturs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Himalayan mountaineering
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Karakoram mountaineering ⓘ high-altitude climbing ⓘ mountaineering ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| notablePersonMentioned |
Reinhold Messner
NERFINISHED
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Rob Hall NERFINISHED ⓘ Scott Fischer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
Himalayas
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Karakoram NERFINISHED ⓘ various 8000-meter peaks ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
general non-fiction readers
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mountaineering enthusiasts ⓘ outdoor adventure readers ⓘ |
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