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3) Cliffhanger
Series
Pub. Date
2000
Description
A mountain climber who has lost his nerve finds himself on a rescue mission involving millions of stolen Treasury dollars and ruthless criminals.
5) Mountains
Author
Pub. Date
[2019].
Description
Discusses the importance of mountains to the environment and fresh water as well as the Center for Mountain Transitions' work with others around the world to learn about mountain climates and cultures.
Pub. Date
[2010]
Description
Victoria Falls: features what many consider to be one of the 'seven natural wonders of the world.' Flowing from its sources 1,000 miles to the north, the Zambezi River, known as the 'River of Life', is a place where life is not always easy. Drakensberg: barrier of spears. Born of Jurassic molten lava and with cliffs like spines of a dragon, Drakensberg is home to a fascinating array of animals, including one ultimate survivor, the eland, largest of...
Description
Filmmaker Jim Dutcher and his wife Jamie lived with gray wolves for three years to make this documentary, and their work reveals complex social behavior never before captured on film. You'll observe the dominance of the pack's alpha male and the submissiveness of the omega wolf. You'll see the pack initiate new members, and witness the critical moment when the alpha selects a mate. Perhaps most incredible is the bond developed between the wolves and...
Pub. Date
c2010.
Description
Seventeen-year-old Ree Dolly sets out to track down her father who put their house up for his bail bond and then disappeared. If she fails to find him, she and her family will be turned out into the Ozark woods. Challenging her outlaw kin's code of silence and risking her life, Ree hacks through the lies, evasions, and threats offered up by her relatives and begins to piece together the truth.
11) Meru
Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
Three renowned climbers navigate nature's harshest elements and their own complicated inner demons to ascend Mount Meru, the most technically complicated and dangerous peak in the Himalayas.
Pub. Date
p2011.
Description
Continues to follow life on the ranch as people drift back to Heartland, craving the familiarity of home and family only to discover that everything seems to have changed. After the blush of first love in season three, Ty and Amy's relationship may blossom and mature, but only if they face up to a misunderstanding about what happened while they were apart. Includes all 18 episodes of Season 4.
16) Farcry: 4
Series
Video Games volume XBOB ONE
Pub. Date
[2014]
Description
"Traveling to the towering Himalayas to spread your mother's ashes across her native land, you find yourself caught up in a civil war to overthrow the oppressive regime of a ruthless dictator. Explore and survive this unfamiliar land, where unpredictable danger lurks around every corner."--Container.
17) Coyote run
Author
Pub. Date
1994
Description
Chris Colt, his hot tempered half brother Joshua, and a proud Native American warrior, Man Killer, risk everything in their battle ag
19) Killing Season
Pub. Date
2013.
Description
Two veterans of the Bosnian War, one American and one Serbian, strike up a friendship until one man's true intentions are revealed.
Pub. Date
[2018].
Description
From Tibet to Australia, Alaska to Norway armed with drones, Go-Pros and helicopters, director Jennifer Peedom has fashioned an astonishing symphony of mountaineers, ice climbers, free soloists, heliskiers, snowboarders, and parachuting mountain bikers. Willem Dafoe provides a narration sampled from British mountaineer Robert Macfarlane's acclaimed memoir Mountains of the Mind.