Prigioniero Dell Annapurna
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Prigioniero Dell Annapurna
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Author : Jean-Christophe Lafaille
language : it
Publisher:
Release Date : 2016
Prigioniero Dell Annapurna written by Jean-Christophe Lafaille and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Monte Bianco
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Author : Stefano Ardito
language : it
Publisher: Gius.Laterza & Figli Spa
Release Date : 2024-02-02T00:00:00+01:00
Monte Bianco written by Stefano Ardito and has been published by Gius.Laterza & Figli Spa this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-02-02T00:00:00+01:00 with Social Science categories.
Il Monte Bianco è uno dei monumenti naturali più belli d'Italia e del mondo. I suoi ghiacciai e le sue vette, le sue pareti di granito e le sue creste di neve, dove s'incontrano Italia, Francia e Svizzera, formano paesaggi di straordinario fascino. È il simbolo dell'alpinismo. La prima ascensione ai 4810 metri della cima è stata compiuta nel 1786 da Jacques Balmat e Michel-Gabriel Paccard. Da allora, uomini e donne d'avventura come Edward Whymper e Albert Frederick Mummery, Giusto Gervasutti e Walter Bonatti, Christophe Profit, Catherine Destivelle e tanti altri hanno compiuto imprese straordinarie. Ma è anche un crocevia della nostra storia, perché ai suoi piedi sono passati soldati, mercanti e pellegrini, e i suoi ghiacciai e le sue rocce hanno affascinato viaggiatori, artisti e scienziati. Stefano Ardito racconta le speranze e i trionfi di centinaia di alpinisti che hanno esplorato le vette e le pareti del massiccio. Non mancano le tragedie che hanno segnato il Monte Bianco dall'Ottocento ai nostri giorni. Nulla restituisce la poesia di questa vetta come le parole scritte da Walter Bonatti nel 1961: «Al tramonto il vento del Nord disperde la tempesta come d'incanto. Il Monte Bianco illuminato dagli ultimi raggi del sole riappare come un grande cono di cristallo lucente, più bello, più severo, quasi trasparente nel vento siderale che fa fumare le sue creste».
No Picnic On Mount Kenya
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Author : Felice Benuzzi
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2015-11-12
No Picnic On Mount Kenya written by Felice Benuzzi and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-11-12 with History categories.
A rediscovered mountaineering classic and the extraordinary true story of a daring escape up Mount Kenya by three prisoners of war. When the clouds covering Mount Kenya part one morning to reveal its towering peaks for the first time, prisoner of war Felice Benuzzi is transfixed. The tedium of camp life is broken by the beginnings of a sudden idea - an outrageous, dangerous, brilliant idea. There are not many people who would break out of a P.O.W. camp, trek for days across perilous terrain before climbing the north face of Mount Kenya with improvised equipment, meagre rations, and with a picture of the mountain on a tin of beef among their more accurate guides. There are probably fewer still who would break back in to the camp on their return. But this is the remarkable story of three such men. No Picnic on Mount Kenya is a powerful testament to the human spirit of revolt and adventure in even the darkest of places. "The history of mountaineering can hardly present a parallel to this mad but thrilling escapade" - Saturday Review "A most extraordinary prisoner-of-war and escape story" - New Yorker "A mad venture and a gallant tribute to man's deep yearning for freedom" - Kirkus Reviews "The book crackles with the same dry humour as its title. It contains the prison-yard bartering and candlelight stitching that mark a classic jailbreak yarn; the encounters with wild beasts in Mount Kenya's forest belt are as gripping, and the descriptions of sparkling glaciers as awe-inspiring, as any passage in the great exploration diaries of the early 20th century" - The Economist
Yosemite
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Author : Alexander Huber
language : en
Publisher: Baton Wicks
Release Date : 2003-10-01
Yosemite written by Alexander Huber and has been published by Baton Wicks this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-10-01 with categories.
Yosemite Valley is Mecca of the climbing sports. Such legends of climbing as John Salathe, Royal Robbins, and Warren Harding have immortalized their names in the granite of the valley. The giant walls of El Capitan and Half Dome haven't lost their magic attraction to this day. Climbers from all over the world pilgrimage to Yosemite year-round to do a Big Wall, to attempt Midnight Lightning, the most famous boulder in the world, and to experience the flair of the past in legendary Camp 4. From the surveys of geologists in the 1860's to the "free speed" climbs of today, over 100 years of climbing history accompany a range of superb color landscape photos that echo the great traditions of the Ansel Adams and the Sierra Club large format books of the 1970s. Essays by well-known climbers Warren Harding, Royal Robbins, Jim Bridwell, Mark Chapman, Jerry Moffatt, John Long, Peter Croft, Lynn Hill, Thomas Huber, Dean Potter, and Leo Houlding illustrate the evolution in climbing equipment and varied techniques needed to ascend the rock peaks and amazing walls.
Savage Arena
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Author : Joe Tasker
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021-02-04
Savage Arena written by Joe Tasker and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-02-04 with categories.
Brotherhood Of The Rope
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Author : Bernadette McDonald
language : en
Publisher: The Mountaineers Books
Release Date : 2007
Brotherhood Of The Rope written by Bernadette McDonald and has been published by The Mountaineers Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The biography of Charles Houston, M.D., famed for leading the heroic K2 expedition of 1953 and his pioneering research in high-altitude medicine. · Drawn from extensive interviews with Houston and full access to his letters and personal journals· Historic photos from Houston's Himalayan expeditions, Peace Corps leadership in India, pioneering high-altitude medicine research, and more · Foreword by Bill Moyers, introduction by Tom Hornbein
Tigers Of The Snow
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Author : Jonathan Neale
language : en
Publisher: Macmillan
Release Date : 2002-06-29
Tigers Of The Snow written by Jonathan Neale and has been published by Macmillan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-06-29 with Sports & Recreation categories.
The true story of the tragedy and survival on one of the world's most dangerous mountains. In 1922 Himalayan climbers were British gentlemen, and their Sherpa and Tibetan porters were "coolies," unskilled and inexperienced casual laborers. By 1953 Sherpa Tenzing Norgay stood on the summit of Everest, and the coolies had become the "Tigers of the Snow." Jonathan Neale's absorbing new book is both a compelling history of the oft-forgotten heroes of mountaineering and a gripping account of the expedition that transformed the Sherpas into climbing legends. In 1934 a German-led team set off to climb the Himalayan peak of Nanga Parbat, the ninth highest mountain on earth. After a disastrous assault in 1895, no attempt had been made to conquer the mountain for thirty-nine years. The new Nazi government was determined to prove German physical superiority to the rest of the world. A heavily funded expedition was under pressure to deliver results. Like all climbers of the time, they did not really understand what altitude did to the human body. When a hurricane hit the leading party just short of the summit, the strongest German climbers headed down and left the weaker Germans and the Sherpas to die on the ridge. What happened in the next few days of death and fear changed forever how the Sherpa climbers thought of themselves. From that point on, they knew they were the decent and responsible people of the mountain. Jonathan Neale interviewed many old Sherpa men and women, including Ang Tsering, the last man off Nanga Parbat alive in 1934. Impeccably researched and superbly written, Tigers of the Snow is the compelling narrative of a climb gone wrong, set against the mountaineering history of the early twentieth century, the haunting background of German politics in the 1930s, and the hardship and passion of life in the Sherpa valleys.
My Climbs In The Alps And Caucasus
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Author : Albert Frederick Mummery
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1895
My Climbs In The Alps And Caucasus written by Albert Frederick Mummery and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1895 with Alps categories.
Annapurna
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Author : Reinhold Messner
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000
Annapurna written by Reinhold Messner and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Sports & Recreation categories.
A bold account of the 50-year history of climbing on Annapurna.
I Ll Call You In Kathmandu
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Author : Bernadette McDonald
language : en
Publisher: The Mountaineers Books
Release Date : 2005
I Ll Call You In Kathmandu written by Bernadette McDonald and has been published by The Mountaineers Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
A biography of Elizabeth Hawley, an American woman on her own in Nepal for more than four decades, celebrated as the official chronicler of Himalayan expedition climbing.