Habeler, Peter

Der Einsame Sieg: Mount Everest '78

Wilhelm Goldmann, Munich, 1979. Reprint, Softcover. Very Good Condition. 9783442037407 Colour photo'. to front endpapers; Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 223 pages. Text is in German. no Dust Jacket as published.. Black titles spine. illustrated by b/w. & colour photo's.;. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Mountaineering; German Language; Sports & Pastimes. ISBN: 3442037409. ISBN/EAN: 9783442037407. Inventory No: 2457.

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Catalogue: Mountaineering

Keywords: BZDB227 Mountains/Mountaineering/Climbing/Everest Mountaineering; German Language; Sports & Pastimes. Unbranded ISBN: 3442037409 EAN: 9783442037407 Peter Habeler Der Einsame Sieg: Mount Everest '78 Sports & Pastimes

Keay, John

When Men and Mountains Meet : The Explorers of the Western Himalayas 1820-75

Century, London, 1983. First Paperback Edition, Paperback. Very Good/N/A. 9780712601962 Century Travellers Series; illustrated by b/w. maps & drawings; "As a challenge for explorers the mountain wilderness between India and Inner Asia was unique. The Western Himalayas were seen as a barrier guarding fabled cities unvisited since Marco Polo, barring the way for the commercial opening of Central Asia and Inland China. It took half a century to penetrate this barrier - evidence enough of the appalling difficulties involved. Then, as now, these were partly man-made, for the mountains were of overriding strategic and political importance: there was too much at stake for the sort of free-for-all that happened in Africa or Australia. The freelance traveller was discouraged or discredited; official travellers operated behind a dense screen of secrecy and unlikely excuses. Then there was the terrain - the most formidable on earth, powerful enough to undermine man's sense of self-importance. Yet these explorers are characters of extraordinary stature; Alexander Gardiner, the American adventurer who brought the spirit of OK Corral to the Afghan Hindu Kush; Joseph Wolff, the mad missionary who crossed the same range stark naked; Victor Jacquemont, the Byronic Parisian who suffered for his love of the ladies; or Thomas Thomson, the Scottish naturalist who first reached the crest of the Karakorams. Along with the legendary Moorcroft and dogged surveyors like Godwin-Austen they fully live up to their magnificent setting. Here is a .story that rivals the search for the sources of the Nile and the race for the South Pole."; including bibliography & index - 277 pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Mountaineering; Travel; Exploration. ISBN: 0712601961. ISBN/EAN: 9780712601962. Inventory No: TVL00028.

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Keywords: BZDB227 Travel/Century Travellers Series/Himalayas/Mountains/Exploration Mountaineering; Travel; Exploration. Unbranded ISBN: 0712601961 EAN: 9780712601962 Keay, John When Men and Mountains Meet : The Explorers of the Western Himalayas 1820-75 Travel

Shepherd, Nigel

The Complete Guide to Rope Techniques (A Constable guide)

Constable, London, 2001. First Thus, Paperback, Illustrated by: Photo's. Fine/N/A.. 9781841193236 illust. throughout by b/w. photo's.; "Nigel Shepherd's two hugely successful books, A Manual of Modern Rope Techniques and its complementary volume Further Modem Rope Techniques have been combined to form this one comprehensive guide to ropework. From basic techniques to the skills needed for the Single Pitch Award and the Mountain Instructor Award, beginners and experts alike will find everything they need in this single volume. Nigel Shepherd is a professional mountain guide and was the Training Officer to the British Association of Mountain Guides and, in recent years, their President. He has climbed and guided extensively throughout the world and his writing and photographs are published widely in the outdoor press."; including index - 415 pages. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Illustrator: Photo's. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Mountaineering; Knots; Abseiling; Climbing; Sports & Pastimes. ISBN: 1841193232. ISBN/EAN: 9781841193236. Inventory No: SPT00010.

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Keywords: BZDB227 Sport/Climbing/Mountaineering/Rope Techniques/Knots/Abseiling Mountaineering; Knots; Abseiling; Climbing; Sports & Pastimes. Photo's Unbranded ISBN: 1841193232 EAN: 9781841193236 Shepherd, Nigel The Complete Guide to Rope Techniques (A Constable