Klik op een omslag om naar Google Boeken te gaan.
Bezig met laden... Everest: The West Ridge (origineel 1965; editie 1968)door Thomas F. David Brower Hornbein, Editor
Informatie over het werkEverest: The West Ridge door Thomas F. Hornbein (1965)
Geen Bezig met laden...
Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. As Hornbein contemplated writing this book, much had already been written about this climb. Faced with the challenge of contributing new material, he bases his account on the recorded conversations between team members, and focuses exclusively on the West Ridge climb. From it we get a clearer depiction of their characters and interaction than I have ever seen before. He finishes this short book with such a flourish of excitement that it is impossible to put down. No wonder this has become a classic and a favourite among climbers. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
"Not only did Hornbein play a crucial role in one of the most extraordinary accomplishments in the history of mountaineering, his account of the feat is one of the finest things ever written about this peculiar, hazardous, and uncommonly engaging pursuit." --Jon Krakauer * Special anniversary edition to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the first ascent of Mount Everest via the West Ridge * The West Ridge remains the least attempted and most deadly of recognized routes on Everest In 1963, Jim Whittaker became the first American to summit Everest via the South Col route. Roughly two weeks after Whittaker's achievement, Tom Hornbein and Willi Unsoeld, fellow American mountaineers on the same expedition, became the first climbers ever to summit the world's highest peak via the dangerous and forbidding West Ridge--a route on which only a handful of climbers have since succeeded. This special 50th anniversary edition reintroduces the adventure in a larger format with full-color photographs by members of the expedition, including leader Norman G. Dyhrenfurth and team doctor Jim Lester. In addition to a new foreword by Jon Krakauer, this volume also features a new preface by Hornbein along with a series of prefaces he wrote for earlier editions, including the original from 1965, and a map by Dee Molenaar. Updated bios of all the American Mount Everest Expedition teammembers, written by climber Broughton Coburn, are now accompanied by contemporary portraits from the expedition. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
Actuele discussiesGeenPopulaire omslagen
Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)796.522095496The arts Recreational and performing arts Athletic and outdoor sports and games Outdoor leisure Exploring geological features Mountains, hills and rocks History, geographic treatment, biography Nepal, HimalayasLC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
Ben jij dit?Word een LibraryThing Auteur. |
Rarely does a reissue add significant new depth to the original-- not so in this 50th anniversary edition. This 2013 edition adds new forwards by the author and Jon Krakauer, and climbing bios by Brot Coburn. Perhaps best of all are the 150 photographs, some never released before, and all rendered in subtle colors.
This book is a must read for all lovers of mountaineering lore. Highly recommended for all readers. ( )