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The Flame Of Adventure

Is it only fun if you can die? World-class climber Simon Yates' stories take you inside the mind games that climbers play.

Subject
biographytravel
Genre
adventure
Setting
britishengland
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 220 pages

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