{"product_id":"halfway-to-heaven-my-white-knuckled-and-knuckleheaded-quest-for-the-rocky-mountain-high-paperback","title":"Halfway to Heaven: My White-Knuckled--And Knuckleheaded--Quest for the Rocky Mountain High - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMark Obmascik\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFat, forty-four, father of three sons, and facing a vasectomy, Mark Obmascik would never have guessed that his next move would be up a 14,000-foot mountain. But when his twelve-year-old son gets bitten by the climbing bug at summer camp, Obmascik can't resist the opportunity for some high-altitude father-son bonding by hiking a peak together. After their first joint climb, Obmascik, addled by the thin air, decides to keep his head in the clouds and try to scale \u003ci\u003eall \u003c\/i\u003efifty-four of Colorado's 14,000-foot mountains, known as the Fourteeners--and to do it \u003ci\u003ein less than one year. \u003c\/i\u003eThe result is \u003ci\u003eHalfway to Heaven, \u003c\/i\u003ea rollicking, witty, sometimes harrowing chronicle of an outrageous adventure that is no walk in the park. This \"hilarious midlife picaresque\" (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e) has garnered wide critical acclaim, was named an \"Editor's Pick\" by \u003ci\u003eParade, \u003c\/i\u003ewon the 2009 National Outdoor Book Award for Outdoor Literature, and made one reviewer laugh so hard he \"blew beer out of [his] nose\" (\u003ci\u003eColorado Daily\u003c\/i\u003e). Like the author's critically acclaimed debut, \u003ci\u003eThe Big Year, \u003c\/i\u003eit brings a keen eye and sharp humor to an obsessive subculture: climbers who share the author's crazed passion of scaling all fifty-four of the famed and feared Fourteeners.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.75 x 8.25 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 11, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45612236767276,"sku":"9781416567004","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/smartsupplydeals.com\/products\/halfway-to-heaven-my-white-knuckled-and-knuckleheaded-quest-for-the-rocky-mountain-high-paperback","provider":"Smart supply deals","version":"1.0","type":"link"}