Thieves, Liars and Mountaineers : On the 8,000m Peak Circus in Pakistan Paperback / softback
by MARK HORRELL
Part of the Footsteps on the Mountain Travel Diaries series
Paperback / softback
Description
This is the tale of Mark Horrell's not-so-nearly ascent of Gasherbrum in Pakistan, of how one man's boredom and frustration was conquered by a gutsy combination of exhaustion, cowardice, and sheer mountaineering incompetence. He made not one, not two, but three intrepid assaults, some of which got quite a distance beyond Base Camp, and overcame many perilous circumstances along the way.
The mountaineer Joe Simpson famously crawled for three days with a broken leg, but did he ever have to read Angels and Demons by Dan Brown while waiting for a weather window? But that's enough about Mark's attempt; there were some talented climbers on the mountain as well, and this story is also about them.
How did they get on? Heroes, villains, oddballs and madmen - 8,000m peaks attract them all, and drama, intrigue and cock-ups aplenty were inevitable.
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:206 pages, 20 black and white photographs
- Publisher:Mountain Footsteps Press
- Publication Date:12/05/2017
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- ISBN:9780993413087
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:206 pages, 20 black and white photographs
- Publisher:Mountain Footsteps Press
- Publication Date:12/05/2017
- Category:
- ISBN:9780993413087
