The Will to Climb April 16, 2012

A climbing world legend, Ed Viesturs is the first American to summit all 14 of the world’s 8,000-meter peaks without supplemental oxygen. A book The Will to Climb by Viesturs and National Geographic writer David Roberts, details Viesturs’s attempts on and eventual conquest of Annapurna, the “world’s deadliest peak” and the one that defied Viesturs the longest. Hear from them what Viesturs learned about dedication—and obsession.

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