A Fine Line Audiobook Libro.fm

Honestly portrays the highs and lows of a life dedicated to the outdoors

Shares the authors development as an outspoken conservation advocate

Story is rooted in the peaks of the Pacific Northwest Alaska and Pakistan

How do we reconcile our love of outdoor adventure with the inevitability of loss in highrisk sports Still in his thirties Graham Zimmerman has made first ascents from Alaska to Pakistan and in 2020 he received the Piolet dOr for his climb on Pakistans Link Sar 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

His generation has faced devastating grief in the mountains 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writes of the exhilaration he feels while climbing but also the painful realization that summiting at all costs is an outdated model As A Fine Line traces Grahams journey mountain lovers everywhere will see themselves in this comingofage story of adventure and personal reckoning