Author: HERRLIGKOFFER, KARL M.
Title: Nanga Parbat. Incorporating the Official Report of the expedition of 1953
Description: London: Elek Books, 1954 (1st Engl. ed.); 254pp., 22.8cm, coloured photo frontispiece, bl-wh and col. photo's, maps, 4 appendices, bibliography, index, linnen cloth hard cover, no dust jacket. Slight foxing of spine and page edges, otherwise a v. good copy. Rare in NL. ¶ The Nanga Parbat mountain is the third highest of the Himalaya en is situated on the Pakistan side of Kashmir. After one British expedition in 1895, four pre-war German expeditions has been executed. A political dimension was inevitable, but as a gentlemen's sport mounteneering enabled paying respect to the men who risked their lives. This book is the translation of the German original account, published in 1953.

Keywords: bergsport