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My Vertical World: Climbing the 8000-Metre Peaks (Hardcover)

by Jerzy Kukuczka (Author)
4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)

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  • Hardcover: 189 pages
  • Publisher: Mountaineers Books (Aug 1992)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0898863449
  • ISBN-13: 978-0898863444
  • Product Dimensions: 24.2 x 16.2 x 2.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,167,407 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Moving and honest reporting from the greatest climber of all, 23 April 1999
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This is a great work. Leaves you in awe of Jerzy. He is a pure mountaineer, untrapped by the modern fad and not the one in search of fame or glory. His love of the Himalaya shines through. The amount of untold suffering and privation that he underwent to summit the hardest and the highest peaks in the world. He is a heroic and doomed figure, like some norse god. As you read the book and go through the chapters and read him talk of his friends that died on the mountains, you realise that it is only a matter of time before he will meet the same fate. One thinks that maybe Anatoly Boukreev might have been something like him. The hardship that Jerzy had to undergo to even get to the peaks is amazing. He was unsparing on himself, braving all that the mountains had to throw at him. A great man.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars An overlooked treasure, 15 Jul 1998
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This overlooked book by the second man (after Reinhold Messner) to climb the world's fourteen 8000m peaks is a treasure. I found this a more emotional book than Jon Krakauer's /Into Thin Air/. This book gave me a better sense of what it's like to climb the highest mountains in the world, and a better sense of the unavoidable tragedies that occur there.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars 14 times eight: Jurek`s excellent adventures in Himalaya., 2 Feb 1999
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A well written, personal account from one of the strongest Himalayan climbers ever. Having read Messners "14x8" it is interesting to compare and contrast western and east european climbing culture. Jurek`s achievements were truly great.
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5.0 out of 5 stars The ultimate Polish hard man
I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book which I couldn't put down. It's all written in quite a matter of fact way. Read more
Published 17 months ago by Mr. Ben Tisdall

5.0 out of 5 stars Surely time for a Reprint?!
Jerzy Kukuczka was a legendary climber, possibly the best ever. His descriptions of new routes in the Himalaya is simply stupendous. Highly recommended
Published 20 months ago by Alexander H. Hofmann

5.0 out of 5 stars This book helped me understand the thrill of climbing
As most of us I have always wondered what on earth makes those guys climb to "the top of the world", suffer bitter cold, dehydration and often death. Read more
Published on 29 Aug 1998

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