![]() Includes a good history of K2 and the Baltoro region. The 1975 American K2 expedition, which attempted the Northeast Ridge, and all of its personalities and problems. ![]() Rowell, Galen In the Throne Room of the Mountain Godsġ986 Sierra Club SF 2nd, 4to, pp.xviii, 334, 50 color & 167 bw photos, 2 maps, wraps front hinge strengthened, near fine. ![]() This new revision offers many new essays and great new photos. #22429 $35.00 $28.00Īn all new, revised and expanded edition! Rowell made nearly 40 journeys to mountain ranges throughout the world and participated in expeditions to several 8000m peaks (Everest, K2, Gasherbrum II). ![]() Rowell, Galen High and Wild: Essays and Photographs on Wilderness AdventureĢ002 US rev ed, 4to, pp.224, photo frontis, 111 color photos, blue cloth dj & cloth new. In May 1995 Alison proved she was also a high-altitude mountaineer when she became the first woman to climb Ģ000 US 1st, 8vo, pp.283, 16 bw photos, brown/black cloth signed Ed Douglas, dj fine, cloth fine. Rose, David & Ed Douglas Regions of the Heart: The Triumph and Tragedy of Alison HargreavesĢ000 US 1st, 8vo, pp.283, 16 bw photos, brown/black cloth dj & cloth new #18679 $25.00 $20.00Īlison Hargreaves demonstrated her technical skill by climbing the six great north faces of the Alps (The Grandes Jorasses, Matterhorn, Eiger, Badile, Dru, and Cima Grande) all in one summer. Three of the team reached the summit without the use of supplemental oxygen. The successful 1978 American expedition placed the first four Americans (Louis Reichardt, Rick Ridgeway, John Roskelly, and Jim Wickwire) on top of K2, the world’s second highest mountain and arguably the most difficult. Ridgeway, Rick The Last Step: The American Ascent of K2ġ980 Mountaineers Seattle 1st, 8vo, pp.vii, 301, 75 color photos, 2 maps, black cloth signed Ridgeway, John Roskelley, dj w/ small edge tears, unclipped, else near fine, cloth tight, fine #22646 $95.00 Rutkiewicz was regarded as the top woman climber of her day with ascents of eight 8000m peaks - Everest (1978), Nanga Parbat (1985), K2 (1986), Shishapangma (1987), Gasherbrum II (1989), Gasherbrum I (1990), Cho Oy #17406 $59.00Īt long last, an English-language book on the great Polish climber Wanda Rutkiewicz. Reinisch, Gertrude Wanda Rutkiewicz: Karawane der Träume ġ998 Munchen 1st, 4to, pp.192, 192 color & 25 bw photos, blue cloth signed Kurt Diemberger, dj & cloth new. This copy is also signed by Tom Ballard, son of noted mountaineer Alison Hargreaves. One of Rébuffat’s earliest books, this classic describes his ascents of the six great north faces of the Alps (Grandes Jorasses, Piz Badile, the Drus, Matterhorn, Cima Grande di Lavaredo, and Eiger). Rebuffat, Gaston Étoiles et Tempêtes (Six Faces Nord) ġ958 Arthaud Paris rep, 8vo, pp.178, 37 bw photos, 6 sketches, map, appendix, wraps w/ dj inscribed Rébuffat & signed Tom Ballard, dj chipped top/bottom spine & 1 corner, wraps fine #24153 $245.00 If you liked ‘Touching the Void’ by Joe Simpson, you’ll like this one, a page turner! Sketches by Dee Molenaar. Potterfield, Peter, ed In the Zone: Epic Survival Stories from the Mountaineering Worldġ996 Mountaineers Seattle 1st, 8vo, pp.270, photo frontis, 18 bw photos, 4 sketches, black cloth đst, 8vo, pp.270, photo frontis, 18 bw photos, 4 sketches, black cloth #5320 $25.95 $19.95Īn excellent gripping trilogy of survival on K2, Foraker, and Chimney Rock with Ed Viesturs, Scott Fischer, Colby Coombs, and Peter Potterfield. These included Trollryggen (Norway, 1972, 1974, 1977), Noshaq (Afghanistan, 1973), Tirich Mir (Afghanistan, 1978), Rakaposhi (Pakistan, 1979), Distaghil Sar (Pakistan, 1980), and Api (Nepal, 1983) Tadeusz Piotrowski (1939-1986) was one of the great Polish mountaineers specializing in winter ascents. Lhotse 1974: In Memoriam Tadeusz PiotrowskiĢ017 Poland 1st, square 8vo, pp.311, photo frontis, 171 bw photos, map, appendices, photo eps, pictorial cloth signed, issued w/o dj, cloth w/ slight bump from shipping, else new #27341 $84.95 ![]()
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