Fall of the Phantom Lord - Rilegato

Todhunter, Andrew

 
9780385486415: Fall of the Phantom Lord
Rilegato
ISBN 10: 0385486413 ISBN 13: 9780385486415
Casa editrice: Doubleday, 1998

Sinossi

Explores the death-defying world of rock climbing through the lives of world-class climber Dan Osman and his fellow sportsmen, who give up the nine-to-five world to face unthinkable challenges to their strength, patience, and survival.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Andrew Todhunter writes about extreme sports in an ongoing series of articles for The Atlantic Monthly. An amateur climber and adventurer of all trades, Todhunter is usually a participant in the sports that he writes about, and he has climbed extensively with soloist Dan Osman. He lives in the New York area with his wife and young daughter.

Dal risvolto di copertina interno

le attempting a new route on a difficult overhanging rock face, climber Dan Osman fell. Again and again, protected by the rope, he fell. He decided then that it would not be in climbing but in falling that he would embrace his fear--bathe in it, as he says, and move beyond it.

A captivating exploration of the daredevil world of rock climbing, as well as a thoughtful meditation on the role of risk and fear in the author's own life.

In the tradition of the wildly popular man-versus-nature genre that has launched several bestsellers, Andrew Todhunter follows the lives of world-class climber Dan Osman and his coterie of friends as he explores the extremes of risk on the unyielding surface of the rock.

Climbing sheer rock faces of hundreds or thousands of feet is more a religion than a sport, demanding dedication, patience, mental and physical strength, grace, and a kind of obsession with detail that is crucial just to survive. Its artists are modern-day ascetics who

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Editore
Doubleday
Data di pubblicazione
1998
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
0385486413
ISBN 13 
9780385486415
Rilegatura
Copertina rigida
Numero di pagine
210
Contatto del produttore
non disponibile
Persona responsabile
non disponibile

Altre edizioni note dello stesso titolo

9780385486422: Fall of the Phantom Lord: Climbing and the Face of Fear

Edizione in evidenza

ISBN 10:  0385486421 ISBN 13:  9780385486422
Casa editrice: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 1999
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