The Last Blue Mountain

The Last Blue Mountain.

22 cm , Softcover / Paperback, Condición: Gut. 210 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits, Fotos, Zustand: Exemplar in gutem Zustand, Ränder und / oder Cover etwas berieben. Text / Sprache: Englisch , Ralph Barker, Sir John Hunt, One of the most dramatic and tragic epics ever experienced on a mountaineering expedition took place during an attempt on Haramosh (24,270 ft.) in the Karakoram in 1957. A group of four climbers were involved in the final push towards the summit when an ice ridge avalanched and two of them were swept down the mountainside. Their partners' attempts to rescue them and the cruel ironies that ensued are recounted in this book. That the story should have been written by a professional writer journalist, Ralph Barker, a non-climber to whom the survivors told their tale, makes the result particularly impressive. The tale is told with such immediacy and pathos, that the author's non-involvement in the action is rapidly forgotten. The book has been acclaimed throughout the climbing world as one of the finest ever written about a mountaineering expedition, a classic account of human suffering and courage. The Last Blue Mountain was first published in Britain and America in the late 'fifties and was later dramatised on BBC Television. 20209A ISBN 0906371058 Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 360. Nº de ref. del artículo: 50015

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