Books by Rick Ridgeway and Complete Book Reviews
Rick Ridgeway, Author Henry Holt & Company $25 (321p) ISBN 978-0-8050-6284-7
In November 1980, legendary mountaineer Ridgeway watched his friend Jonathan die in his arms after being caught in an avalanche in the Himalayas. Now, 20 years later, as he leads Asia, Jonathan's daughter, on a quest back to the mountains of Tibet...
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Rick Ridgeway, Author, Galen A. Rowell, Photographer, Conrad Anker, Foreword by National Geographic Society $26 (302p) ISBN 978-0-7922-6560-3
Adventure writer Ridgeway (The Shadow of Kilimanjaro) crafts an urgent, poetic narrative as he guides readers across Tibet's barren and treacherous northern plateau in search of the calving grounds of the chiru, an endangered antelope. Along with...
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Dick Bass, Author, Rick Ridgeway, Author, Frank Wells, Author Warner Books $14.99 (336p) ISBN 978-0-446-51312-8
Their dream was to climb the hightest mountain on each of the seven continentsan exciting prospect for any world-class mountaineer. But Bass and Wells, businessmen in their early 50s, were rank amateurs. With Ridgeway, one of America's foremost...
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Rick Ridgeway. Patagonia, $30 (400p) ISBN 978-1-938340-99-4
Mountaineer and environmentalist Ridgeway (Big Open) delivers a thrilling account of his life spent exploring the far reaches of the globe. He captivates with harrowing tales of his mountaineering exploits over the past few decades, including his...
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