The Ascent of D-13 - Softcover

Garve, Andrew

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ISBN 10: 0060807938 ISBN 13: 9780060807931

Publisher: HarperCollins, 1986

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The goal of Bill Royce, one of the greatest mountain climbers, is to reach the summit of D-13, a mountain on the borders of Turkey and Soviet Armenia

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This is an exciting story of cliff-hanging suspense in its most literal sense...The newest, most secret weapon was tested over an airfield in Germany, by an RAF plane which was then ordered to land in Cyprus. On the way the plane was hijacked and course set for Russia, but it crashed in mountains close to an international frontier between East and West. The wreck containing the vital equipment lay in fog, snow and blizzards at 13,000 feet. A team of professional climbers is assembled to make the ascent of a major peak, under dramatic conditions and political pressure - and to make the return journey...

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