Fatal Mountaineer: The High-Altitude Life and Death of Willi Unsoeld, American Himalayan Legend - Brossura

Roper, Robert

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0312302665 ISBN 13: 9780312302665

Casa editrice: St. Martin's Griffin, 2003

Riassunto

A compelling glimpse into the life of one of the most important and controversial adventurers of our time reveals a man, driven by ambition, fame, and anguish, who was a powerful public speaker and teacher whose philosophy was called in to question when his daughter died on the slopes of Nanda Devi under mysterious circumstances during an expedition he led in 1976. Reprint.

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L'autore:

Robert Roper is the author of many novels and story collections including Cuervo Tales, The Trespassers, and In Caverns of Blue Ice. He contributes to Men's Journal and has also written for Outside, National Geographic Adventure, The New York Times, and the Los Angeles Times.

Product Description:

In 1963, Willi Unsoeld became an international hero for conquering the West Ridge of Everest. He was a fearless climber and a charmismatic philosopher and speaker who profoundly influenced the generation of the sixties and seventies. But the darker consequences of Unsoeld's philosophy emerged during an expedition he led on the slopes of Nanda Devi in 1976, the loss of his daughter during that climb continues to fuel one of the great debates in the world of mountaineering. FATAL MOUNTAINEER is an unusual narrative that blends action with ethics, fame with tragedy, and a man's ambition with a father's anguish.

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• Editore: St. Martin's Griffin
• Data di pubblicazione: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0312302665
• ISBN 13: 9780312302665
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 342