- 400 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
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About this book
Winner Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain LiteratureWinner Kekoo Naoroji Award for Himalayan LiteratureWinner Mountain & Adventure Narrative Award, New Zealand Mountain Film & Book FestivalThe golden age of Himalayan mountaineering, from the mid-1970s to the 1980s, brought forth a generation of radical young climbers. With tiny budgets and high ambitions they pioneered fast and light, alpine-style expeditions on mountains such as Jannu, Nuptse, Everest and K2.In High Risk, Brian Hall recalls the outrageous adventures of eleven of his climbing friends who risked – and often lost – their lives to stand on some of the world's highest peaks during a legendary period in mountaineering history.
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Table of contents
- Praise
- Title Page
- About the Author
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Foreword by Joe Simpson
- Introduction: What Happened to All My Friends?
- 1: The Tiger and the Lamb: Return to K2
- 2: Chance or Fate?: Sam Cochrane
- 3: Shooting Star: John Syrett
- 4: Metamorphosis: Alex MacIntyre (Part 1)
- 5: A Scot on Ice: Mike Geddes
- 6: The Silver Fox: John Whittle
- 7: Himalayan Virgins: Roger Baxter-Jones
- 7a: Eulogy to Roger: Mélanie Baxter-Jones
- 8: The Snow Leopard: Alan Rouse and Rab Carrington
- 9: The Survival of the Fittest: Georges Bettembourg
- 10: A Friend on Everest: Pete Thexton
- 11: Obsession?: Joe Tasker
- 12: Intellect and Art: Paul Nunn
- 13: Lightweight Revolution: Alex MacIntyre (Part 2)
- 14: Risk and Consequences: Brian Hall and Andy Parkin
- 15: The End of an Era: Alan Rouse and K2
- Afterword: The Course of Time
- Appendix 1: Winter Seasons in Mountaineering
- Appendix 2: The Problems with Climbing Everest in Winter
- Acknowledgements
- Select Bibliography
- Photographs
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