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Meetings with Mountains: Remarkable Face-to-face Encounters with the World's Peaks
 
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Meetings with Mountains: Remarkable Face-to-face Encounters with the World's Peaks (Hardcover)

by Sir Chris Bonington (Foreword), Stephen Venables (Author)
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From the challenge of climbing Everest, to the cloud-shrouded mystery of the Mont Blanc, mountains have always exerted a pull on our hearts and minds. In this beautiful tribute to some of the world's most stunning landscapes, climbers, walkers, historians and journalists provide accounts of some of the greatest feats of human endurance, fascinating tales and intriguing facts about some of Earth's most interesting mountains. Each mountain holds its own challenges, history and spiritual significance and Joe Simpson and Simon Yate's infamous adventure on the Siula Grande, a 21,000ft mountain in the Peruvian Andes is just one of a multitude of stories that could be told. In "Meetings with Mountains", you can experience the majesty, grandeur and terrifying challenges presented by the world's greatest peaks. Detailed information on location, height, attempts and history are accompanied by beautiful photography and the fascinating accounts of those who have lived their lives in the shadows of these towering pinnacles. Whether you're an armchair traveler, artist, climber or outdoor enthusiast, "Meetings with Mountains" provides a chance to head for the hills with some of our most experienced mountain guides for company.

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One of the best-known mountaineers of his generation, Stephen Venables was the first Briton to climb Everest without oxygen, pioneering a new route at the same time. His first book Painted Mountains won the Boardman Tasker Award; reviewing his most recent book, A Slender Thread, the Observer praised his 'novelist's sense of dramatic punch'. As well as eight books, he has written for all the major national newspapers and appeared in numerous television programmes including the recent BBC Mountain men series, for which he climbed the Matterhorn in Victoria tweeds and nailed boots, and the BBC's race for Everest. his most recent project was retracing Shackledton's steps across South Georgia for the IMAX movie Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure. A master storyteller and skillful photographer, he is also a motivational speaker whose illustarted lectures have inspired audiences all around the world. Sir Chris Bonington is one of the world's most renowned and successful mountaineers. He has experienced much of our planet's extreme weather during his distinguished career, which includes climbing Everest four times.

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