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Hiver 8000 : escalader les plus hautes montagnes du monde pendant la saison la plus froide
by McDonald, Bernadette | PB | VeryGood
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Caractéristiques de l'objet
- État
- Très bon
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- Binding
- Paperback
- Publication Year
- 2020
- Weight
- 0 lbs
- Product Group
- Book
- IsTextBook
- No
- ISBN
- 9781680512922
- Book Title
- Winter 8000 : Climbing the World's Highest Mountains in the Coldest Season
- Publisher
- Mountaineers Books, T.H.E.
- Item Length
- 9 in
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 0.8 in
- Genre
- History
- Topic
- Expeditions & Discoveries
- Item Weight
- 15.2 Oz
- Item Width
- 6.3 in
- Number of Pages
- 288 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Mountaineers Books, T.H.E.
ISBN-10
1680512927
ISBN-13
9781680512922
eBay Product ID (ePID)
4057256815
Product Key Features
Book Title
Winter 8000 : Climbing the World's Highest Mountains in the Coldest Season
Number of Pages
288 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Expeditions & Discoveries
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
History
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
15.2 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6.3 in
Additional Product Features
LCCN
2020-938923
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
796.522092/2
Synopsis
No one says that climbing 8000-meter peaks is ever easy, but tackling these mountains in winter takes the challenge to a whole new level: temperatures of -40 degrees are the norm, the winds seem to never let up, and, due to the low barometric pressure, there is even less oxygen in the air than in other seasons. Climber Voytek Kurtyka characterizes such expeditions as the "art of suffering." What pushes men and women to subject themselves to such conditions-and what is the experience like? Élisabeth Revol, climbing solo on Manaslu in winter, felt a boundless energy and immense self-confidence. Cory Richards, on the summit of Gasherbrum II, wanted only to get back down again. Simone Moro described climbing on Broad Peak in winter as a metaphor for dreams, and for life itself. In Winter 8000, McDonald details some of the most heartbreaking and dangerous feats in mountaineering history, exploring both the motivation of the climbers and the emotional toll of the climbs themselves. Book jacket., Recounts some of the most dangerous feats in mountaineering history Insights into the human attraction to danger and suffering Award-winning author While you wouldn't expect climbing an 8000-meter peak in winter to be a popular activity, there have been 178 expeditions (as of 2019) to the Himalaya and Karakoram during the cruelest season to do just that. Polish alpinist, Voytek Kurtyka, termed the practice the "art of suffering." The stories here range from the French climber Elisabeth Revol's solo winter attempt of Makalu, to American Cory Richards and his dramatic effort on Gasherbrum II with famed Italian alpinist Simone Moro and Kazakh hard man Denis Urubko. Award-winning author Bernadette McDonald traveled extensively to interview many of the climbers featured in this book--including Revol, the climbing partner of Tomek Mackiewicz, and Anna Mackiewicz, his widow, meeting them just a few months after Mackiewicz's death on Nanga Parbat. McDonald's many personal relationships with profiled climbers and her ability to tap into emotions and family histories lend Winter 8000 an intimacy too often lacking in mountaineering histories. These accounts prove the point: Nature is not subservient to man., 2020 Banff Mountain Book Competition Finalist in Mountain Literature Recounts some of the most dangerous feats in mountaineering history Insights into the human attraction to danger and suffering Award-winning author While you wouldn't expect climbing an 8000-meter peak in winter to be a popular activity, there have been 178 expeditions (as of 2019) to the Himalaya and Karakoram during the cruelest season to do just that. Polish alpinist, Voytek Kurtyka, termed the practice the "art of suffering." The stories here range from the French climber Elisabeth Revol's solo winter attempt of Makalu, to American Cory Richards and his dramatic effort on Gasherbrum II with famed Italian alpinist Simone Moro and Kazakh hard man Denis Urubko. Award-winning author Bernadette McDonald traveled extensively to interview many of the climbers featured in this book--including Revol, the climbing partner of Tomek Mackiewicz, and Anna Mackiewicz, his widow, meeting them just a few months after Mackiewicz's death on Nanga Parbat. McDonald's many personal relationships with profiled climbers and her ability to tap into emotions and family histories lend Winter 8000 an intimacy too often lacking in mountaineering histories. These accounts prove the point: Nature is not subservient to man.
LC Classification Number
GV199.9.M34 2020
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