{"product_id":"a-fine-line-searching-for-balance-among-mountains-9781680515909","title":"A Fine Line: Searching for Balance Among Mountains","description":"\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eHonestly portrays the highs and lows of a life dedicated to the outdoors\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eShares the author's development as an outspoken conservation advocate\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eStory is rooted in the peaks of the Pacific Northwest, Alaska, and Pakistan\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e How 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e His 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writes of the exhilaration he feels while climbing but also the painful realization that summiting at all costs is an outdated model.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 \u003ci\u003eA Fine Line\u003c\/i\u003e traces Graham's journey, mountain lovers everywhere will see themselves in this coming-of-age story of adventure and personal reckoning.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Mountaineers Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781680515909\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2023 pg. 106\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Graham Zimmerman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43075538223285,"sku":"9781680515909","price":16.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_8144c594-66af-4bc5-8cde-198e11fbc997.jpg?v=1691468292","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/a-fine-line-searching-for-balance-among-mountains-9781680515909","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}