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What does it try be one of the world's best high-altitude hill climbers? A whole lot of fundraising; traveling in some of the world's most dangerous countries; long lasting wintry bivouacs, searing lungs, and a cloudy mind when you're able to least manage one. It means learning the hard lessons the mountains educate. Steve House built his reputation on ascents throughout the Alps, Canada, Alaska, the Karakoram, and the Himalaya which have expanded possibilities of style, rate, and difficulty. In 2005 Steve and alpinist Vince Anderson pioneered a direct new option on the Rupal Face of 26,600-foot Nanga Parbat, which experienced never before been climbed in alpine style. It was the 3rd ascent of the facial skin and the achievements gained Steve and Vince the first Piolet d'or (Golden Snow Axe) honored to North Americans. Steve is an accomplished and spellbinding storyteller in the tradition of Maurice Herzog and Lionel Terray. Beyond the Pile is a gripping listen, destined to be a mountain common. And it addresses many issues common to nonclimbing life - mentorship, trust, failing success, goal setting techniques, heroes, relationship - as well as the mountaineer's heightened experience of risk and the fatalities of friends. Beyond the Pile is a home window into the process of a man attempting to be the best he is able to be.
