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A riveting journey ... This monumental tale deserves the impressive research efforts of a writing talent like Roberts (Pen Hadow, Polar explorer )
By combining the compelling account of a little-known tale of survival with his own riveting modern-day quest to uncover the story, Roberts turns this book into a gripping suspense thriller (Jennifer Niven, author of THE ICE MASTER )
Gripping (OBSERVER )
A great read for armchair explorers (FINANCIAL TIMES )
By combining the compelling account of a little-known tale of survival with his own riveting modern-day quest to uncover the story, Roberts turns this book into a gripping suspense thriller (Jennifer Niven, author of THE ICE MASTER )
Gripping (OBSERVER )
A great read for armchair explorers (FINANCIAL TIMES )
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'Ranks with the best mountaineering literature'
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OPPOSITE me, upright in their adjoining armchairs, sat the two ninety-year-olds. Read the first page
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Perhaps the title and subtitle of this books says it all - it is a gripping tale of accessing and climbing a remote mountain, and then the struggles to survive and escape. It is the unique story of the first ascent of Mount Lucania followed by the finding and forcing of a way out of the wilderness of the Canadian Yukon. It is thrillingly told by David Roberts, a well qualified mountaineer himself with an intimate knowledge of the terrain gained from many fine ascents in Alaska and Yukon.
Mount Lucania is little known, but the men making its first ascent in 1937 are part of mountaineering history. Still in their nineties and still fit they were able to recall vivid details of their adventure for this book. They are Brad Washburn, possibly best known for his aerial photography but a highly respected mountaineer with an unequalled collection of first ascents in Alaska and Yukon; and Bob Bates, possibly best known for his two attempts on K2 in the Karakoram but with a mountaineering record covering all the great ranges of the world.
Apart from poor snow conditions the actual climbing of Mount Lucania was a relatively straightforward, but the harrowing dangers and obstacles to be overcome to return to civilisation are almost impossible to imagine. What is also difficult to imagine is the casual acceptance of Washburn and Bates to being left to fend for themselves after being set down on a glacier in the middle of nowhere, with the pilot lucky to get free but not making any effort to return. David Roberts tells the story in a `Roy of the Rovers' manner, and he captures the camaraderie and courage of the two heroes throughout. Their adventure can never be repeated; there are no blanks left on the map. GPS navigation and helicopter rescue services ensure the Lucania epic will forever remain unmatched.
Mount Lucania is little known, but the men making its first ascent in 1937 are part of mountaineering history. Still in their nineties and still fit they were able to recall vivid details of their adventure for this book. They are Brad Washburn, possibly best known for his aerial photography but a highly respected mountaineer with an unequalled collection of first ascents in Alaska and Yukon; and Bob Bates, possibly best known for his two attempts on K2 in the Karakoram but with a mountaineering record covering all the great ranges of the world.
Apart from poor snow conditions the actual climbing of Mount Lucania was a relatively straightforward, but the harrowing dangers and obstacles to be overcome to return to civilisation are almost impossible to imagine. What is also difficult to imagine is the casual acceptance of Washburn and Bates to being left to fend for themselves after being set down on a glacier in the middle of nowhere, with the pilot lucky to get free but not making any effort to return. David Roberts tells the story in a `Roy of the Rovers' manner, and he captures the camaraderie and courage of the two heroes throughout. Their adventure can never be repeated; there are no blanks left on the map. GPS navigation and helicopter rescue services ensure the Lucania epic will forever remain unmatched.
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