Alison Hargreaves' 1995 solo ascent of Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen cemented her reputation as one of the most gifted and accomplished mountaineers of her generation, but the emotional reaction to her violent death during a storm on the notoriously difficult K2—the world's second highest peak—robbed her of that reputation. The press was indignant, unable to look beyond whether, as a mother of two, she had effectively abandoned her children by taking such extraordinary risks. In Regions of the Heart, experienced climbers and journalists David Rose and Ed Douglas examine the morality of risk-taking and explore the tensions and drama of Hargreaves' groundbreaking climbs.

• 304 pages; 8 pages of full-color photographs
• 5 3/4'' x 8 3/4''
• Hardcover
• © 2001