Limits of the Known

by David Roberts

Book Overview

David Roberts has spent his career documenting voyages to the most extreme landscapes on earth. In Limits of the Known, he reflects on humanity's--and his own--relationship to exploration and extreme risk. Part memoir and part history, this book tries to make sense of why so many have committed their lives to the desperate pursuit of adventure. What compelled Eric Shipton to return, five times, to the ridges of Mt. Everest, plotting the mountain's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393356590
• ISBN13: 9780393356595
• Release Date: February 2019
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.4" x 8.2"