Location: United States
Member Since:
Oct. 08, 2013
John Quillen
Biography
I am a lover of all things outdoors and occasional chaser of big mountains. My home is in the Southern Appalachians where I channel the energy of what was once the tallest chain of peaks on this earth.
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Where to buy in print
Books
Father of Ice Mountains
by John Quillen
Price:
$6.00 USD.
Words: 25,140.
Language:
English.
Published: March 13, 2016
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Categories:
Nonfiction » Sports & outdoor recreation » Mountaineering
A 2011 ski ascent of 24,747 foot Muztagh Ata in the Chinese Pamirs. We follow in the footsteps of legendary climber Eric Shipton for an expedition to the top of the "Ice Mountain Father". Frostbite and fistfights are all part of the landscape here in China's back of beyond.
Tempting the Throne Room
by John Quillen
Price:
$6.00 USD.
Words: 39,350.
Language:
American English.
Published: October 10, 2013
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Categories:
Nonfiction » Sports & outdoor recreation » Mountaineering, Nonfiction » Travel » By region » Asia
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2013 was the deadliest season ever seen in the Karakoram. When John Quillen found his climbing partner lying face down with a shattered leg in the snow high on the flanks of Broad Peak, the drama had just begun. See what transpired through first hand accounts of the deaths of three team members on this ill fated expedition to the Throne Room of the Mountain Gods.