This is the story of an eccentric expedition led by the author, a great-great-grandson of Charles Darwin, to hold the world's highest dinner party - on the summit of Peru's highest mountain, at 6769 metres and minus 37 degrees Celsius. Nine amateur climbers, including a 62-year-old grandfather, made the attempt, and only two of them had previous mountaineering experience. They had been warned about terrorism, blizzards, avalanches, frost-bite and altitude sickness, but were unprepared for other hardships which awaited them - loss of libido, a documentary crew led by an obsessed German philosopher, a love triangle and chronic flatulence. Nor did they foresee a catalogue of other tribulations, including malaria, bronchitis, giardia, piles, ripped shoulders, cracked ribs, hypothermia, pregnancy and a frozen bottle of red wine.
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Da: Goldstone Books, Llandybie, Regno Unito
Paperback. Condizione: Good. All orders are dispatched within one working day from our UK warehouse. We've been selling books online since 2004! We have over 750,000 books in stock. No quibble refund if not completely satisfied. Codice articolo mon0003761029
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Da: Lion Books PBFA, Kidderminster, WORCS, Regno Unito
Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. First Edition. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 256 pages. Codice articolo 69068
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Da: Glenbower Books, Dublin, Irlanda
Soft Cover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. First Thus. zany book about a bunch of nine people who decide to host a dinner party atop Peru's highest peak, accompanied only by TV documentary filmmakers, porters, etc. First UK edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Codice articolo 20631
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Da: Arapiles Mountain Books - Mount of Alex, Castlemaine, VIC, Australia
Soft Cover. Condizione: VG. First UK. 8vo. original printed paper wraps A little rubbed & creased, a few marks, spine sunning); pp. xii, 256, with illustrations. A very good copy. Signed and dated on title page by one of the authors, 'Chris Darwin 27/9/92'. Signed by Author. Codice articolo 031273
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Da: Anytime Books, London, Regno Unito
Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. A madcap plan to have a dinner on the summit of Peru's highest mountain. They made it. pp256. Illus. Map. Codice articolo 013062
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