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Firsthand accounts of conquering the world’s greatest mountains – new expanded edition of a classic collection.
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No one sees clearer than an individual whose life is hanging by the finger tips on the edge of an abyss. Probing the furthest reaches of human daring and endurance, here are 28 of the great first-hand accounts of extreme mountaineering, from legendary names. Featuring: ·Heinrich Harrer – first conqueror of the notorious Eigerwand. ·Robert Bates – the classic account of the ill-fated American 1953 expedition to K2. ·Maurice Herzog – his unstoppable ascent of Annapurna at the cost of frostbite. ·Walter Bonatti – tragedy on the Central Pillar of Freney on Mont Blanc. ·George Leigh Mallory – surviving an avalanche on the 1922 Everest expedition. ·René Desmaison – his epic story of 14 days stuck on The Grandes Jorasses in winter. ·Jon Krakauer – recalling his solo ascent of The Devil’s Thumb in Alaska. The price of the summit is often measured in human suffering, yet for those who succeed the rewards can be incalculable. Nerve-wracking and unputdownable.
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Format:Paperback
An excellent book which can be read in order of the short narratives or can be dipped into in any order. I have now read it 3 times, true extracts from books about epics on the high mountains from very early to recent mountaineering. All are gripping and some are very moving and inspiring.
Format:Paperback
It's a great collection of accounts of mountaineering successes and failures, however the stories are very shortened compared to originals
but I guess the book would be 1500 pages thick if they included every story in it's full glory so can't really complain.
Great read.
but I guess the book would be 1500 pages thick if they included every story in it's full glory so can't really complain.
Great read.
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