Guide Aspiring.

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Guide Aspiring. SIGNED By Frank Alack, Edited by J. Halbert Millar. Hardback, no inscriptions, very good condition, slight mark to front board, slight tanning and foxing, dust jacket, unclipped, rubbed, scuffed, and tiny tears to edges. Foreword By Sir Edmund Hillary. Published by Oswald-Sealy, New Zealand. No date in book. Remarkable account of Frank Alack, Sir Ed Hillary wrote Alack represents the second generation of NZ mountain guides, who has aptly carried on traditions established by Peter & Alex Graham & cotemporaries. His reputation, toughness independence of thought & love of mountains is apparent in every line of this book, Exploration, mountain climbing, atmosphere of his generation, faces of hardship & discomfort with willingness & fortitude which is much less common. Frank for many years climbed, explored & guided over vast areas in Southern Alps from early 1920s to 1937. Experiences on famous & lesser known peaks & glaciers make absorbing reading, rock & ice climbing, not just a book for climbers & mountaineers only. adventures, & alarms comprehensive, insightful, extremely informative covering wide range & variety great outdoors life, & lots more, illustrated. N° de ref. del artículo ABE-1687126928271

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