Limits of the Known

by David Roberts

Book Overview

David Roberts, "veteran mountain climber and chronicler of adventures" (Washington Post), 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 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.

In the wake of his diagnosis with throat...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393609863
• ISBN13: 9780393609868
• Release Date: February 2018
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.2" x 9.3"