The Two-year Mountain: A Nepal Journey [Lingua Inglese] - Brossura

Deutschle, Phil

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1841623857 ISBN 13: 9781841623856

Casa editrice: Bradt Pubns, 2012

Riassunto

March 15: Tribhuvan International Airport                                                                                   

March 16: Dube Village 

March 17: Thoripaani    

March 18:Thoripaani 7,200 feet                                                                                                

March 19:Deuraauli 8,000 feet                                                                                                  

March 20:Waapsu 6,700 feet                                                                                                   

March 21:Karikhola 6,800 feet                                                                                                  

March 22:Chaurikharka 8,500 feet                                                                                            

March 23, 24:Namche Bazaar 11,286 feet                                                                                 

March 25:Namche Bazaar 11,286 feet                                                                                      

March 26:Thyangboche 12,687 feet                                                                                          

March 27:Pangboche 13,074 feet                                                                                             

March 28:Pheriche almost 14,000 feet                                                                                      

March 29:Lobuche 16,175 feet                                                                                                 

March 30:Lobuche 16,175 feet                                                                                                 

March 31:Lobuche 16,175 feet to Kala Pattar 18,192 feet                                                           

April 1:Lobuche Village to Lobuche East                                                                                   

April 2:Lobuche            

April 3:Lobuche 16,175 feet to Everest Base Camp 17,700 feet                                                   

April 4, 5:Lobuche to Pheriche to Chukung                                                                                

April 6:Chukung 15,518 feet                                                                                                     

April 7:Island Peak High Camp 18,400 feet                                                                                

April 8:Island Peak High Camp 18,400 feet                                                                                

April 9:Pheriche almost 14,000 feet                                                                                          

April 10:Tshola Tsho 15,000 feet                                                                                              

April 11:Dzongla 15,889 feet                                                                                                    

April 12:Nyimaganoa Camp 17,300 feet                                                                                    

April 13:Kangchung Himal Camp 17,700 feet                                                                             

April 14:Kangchung Himal Camp 17,700 feet                                                                             

April 15:Gokyo 15,720 feet                                                                                                      

April 16:Gokyo Kang 17,600 feet                                                                                              

April 17:Dole Village 13,400 feet                                                                                               

April 18, 19, 20,21:Namche Bazaar 11,286 feet                                                                         

April 22:Namche           

April 23:Thame 12,500 feet                                                                                                      

April 24:Patch of Yak Grass 15,700 feet                                                                                   

April 25:Tasi Lapcha Pass around 19,000 feet                                                                           

April 26:Tasi Lapcha Pass 19,000 feet                                                                                      

April 27:Tasi Lapcha Pass                                                                                                       

April 28:Tasi Lapcha     

Epilogue                                                                                                                                

Glossary                      

Nepali Facts                

Acknowledgments        

Maps                           

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A native Californian, Phil Deutschle is currently teaching in Salinas California. 

The author’s other adventures have included cycling across the Kalahari and Namib deserts, getting captured by pirates while canoeing down the Congo River, hunting with Bushmen, and falling through a crevasse while ice climbing unroped in the Andes. Currently living in Salinas California, teaching physics and astronomy, he says “I have never owned a car, which makes me a true counter-culture freak in the US.”

A native Californian, Phil Deutschle is currently teaching in Salinas California. 

The author’s other adventures have included cycling across the Kalahari and Namib deserts, getting captured by pirates while canoeing down the Congo River, hunting with Bushmen, and falling through a crevasse while ice climbing unroped in the Andes. Currently living in Salinas California, teaching physics and astronomy, he says “I have never owned a car, which makes me a true counter-culture freak in the US.”

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‘Now I understand these past weeks of manic climbing, heedless to considerations of safety. I've been a zombie, an animated body with a mind long dead, recklessly climbing, trying to complete the small death that the departure from Aiselukharka left only half done. For six weeks I have climbed in a manner leading toward destruction, while at the same time I've reflected on the past two years in a process of reconstruction. I continue to descend.

My feet are encased in overboots and crampons, and the strap around my wrist holds the ice axe. The consumption of six days of food and fuel has left my pack feeling relatively light. This combined with the downhill grade, makes progress easy. The Tasi Lapcha is behind me and I work my way down to the northwest, steering clear of the difficult sections in the center of the slope. I must occasionally backtrack in search of a better route. This is the problem with descending – you can't see the troubles until you're on top of them.

As I down-climb a gully of snow, the surface abruptly gives way, opening a hole beneath me. As I fall through, my arms shoot out instinctively. My pack and elbows stop the fall, leaving me dangling chest deep. My legs kick desperately in the air, trying to catch a toehold on the side of the hidden crevasse. I hunch forward and dig in with the axe, pulling myself up and rolling sideways out of the hole. My heart beats wildly as I distribute my weight by crawling. The danger is passed before I have fully realized what happened.’

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Bradt Pubns
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1841623857
• ISBN 13: 9781841623856
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero di pagine: 358
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile