{"product_id":"edge-of-the-map-by-johanna-garton-2020","title":"Edge of the Map by Johanna Garton (2020)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Mountain Life of Christine Boskoff.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA biography of Chris Boskoff, an American high-altitude mountaineer who disappeared while climbing with Charlie Fowler in remote Western China - off the \"Edge of the Map.\" Fowler and Boskoff's bodies were eventually found on Genyen, a holy mountain in western Sichuan, after a long search by their friends, fellow climbers, and sympathetic expats in the country. An avalanche had swept them, unroped, off the high flanks of the mountain.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book is half biography of Chris, who lived a full life, and half telling the story of Boskoff and Fowler's final climb, and the dramatic search that followed when they failed to return to the USA on time. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSome of Boskoff's notable achievements include \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eworking as an engineer for Lockheed; ascents of six 8,000-meter peaks; purchasing Mountain Madness guiding company after previous owner Scott Fisher died on Mount Everest as part of the \u003cem\u003eInto Thin Air\u003c\/em\u003e disaster; and her relationship and climbing partnership with Charlie Fowler. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese are new old stock from Chessler Books - never touched copies, autographed by author Johanna Garton. 238 pages, with one insert of color photographs in the middle.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dirtbag Dan Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67899943420040,"sku":null,"price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0688\/6765\/3768\/files\/DSC02517.jpg?v=1794358597","url":"https:\/\/dirtbagdan.com\/products\/edge-of-the-map-by-johanna-garton-2020","provider":"Dirtbag Dan Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}