TAZIEFF, HAROUN
Caves of Adventure a Personal Account of Danger, Death and Discovery Far Beneath the Surface of the Earth
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1953. 1st American Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. There is some light bumping and rubbing to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has several edge tears, nicks and spots of rubbing and edge wear. "The National Geographic film The Violent Earth was based on Tazieff's expeditions to the volcanoes, Mount Etna, Sicily in 1971 and Mount Nyiragongo, Democratic Republic of Congo in 1972 in which he attempted, unsuccessfully, to descend into the active lava lake in order to collect samples something he had managed to achieve on a previous expedition in 1959. He participated in the first detailed exploration of the "Saint-Martin" La Verna cave system in the French Pyrenees. In 1952, while he was filming Marcel Loubens' ascent of the Pierre-Saint-Martin rock face, the cable of the hoist broke and Loubens fell over 80 meters. Loubens died 36 hours later but his body could only be recovered from the cave in 1954. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket .

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Keywords: Travel & Exploration Haroun Taxieff Caves Cave Exploration Spelunkers Speleology Travel & Exploration