{"product_id":"a-fine-line-searching-for-balance-among-mountains","title":"A Fine Line: Searching for Balance Among Mountains","description":"\"A Fine Line is more than just a recounting of remarkable expeditions, summit views, and thin air. It's a story of resilience, loss, and the quest for a balanced and meaningful life in the unforgiving realm of high-risk mountain sports. --Men's Journal\n\n2024 Independent Publisher Book Award Bronze Medal Winner in Sports\/Fitness\/Recreation\n2024 Banff Mountain Book Competition Finalist in Mountain Literature\n2024 New Zealand Mountain Book Competition Finalist in Narrative\n\nHonestly portrays the highs and lows of a life dedicated to the outdoors Shares the author’s development as an outspoken conservation advocate Story is rooted in the peaks of the Pacific Northwest, Alaska, and Pakistan\nHow do we reconcile our love of outdoor adventure with the inevitability of loss in high-risk sports? Still in his thirties, Graham Zimmerman has made first ascents from Alaska to Pakistan, and in 2020 he received the Piolet d’Or for his climb on Pakistan’s Link Sar with Steve Swenson. A sponsored athlete who is sought out as a climbing partner, Zimmerman knows that he must find a balance between his ambitions as an alpinist and his social responsibilities--as a husband, climate advocate, and community leader.\n\nHis generation has faced devastating grief in the mountains, including the deaths of Kyle Dempster, Hayden Kennedy, and Inge Perkins, and his cohort has witnessed firsthand the effects of climate change in the form of disappearing glaciers and increasingly erratic weather. Zimmerman writes of the exhilaration he feels while climbing but also the painful realization that summiting at all costs is an outdated model. As A Fine Line traces Graham’s journey, mountain lovers everywhere will see themselves in this coming-of-age story of adventure and personal reckoning.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 168051590X\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.168051590X.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Zimmerman, Graham\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41538991783994,"sku":"DBV.168051590X.G","price":8.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/168051590X-0.jpg?v=1784434116","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/a-fine-line-searching-for-balance-among-mountains","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}