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Describes the adventures of Peter Boardman and Joe Tasker on their expedition to climb a mountain in the Himalayas
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Peter Boardman was born on Christmas Day in 1950 and became one of Britain's most-respected high altitude mountaineers. He was a mountaineering instructor at Glenmore Lodge in the Cairngorms, and National Officer of the British Mountaineering Council before being appointed Director of the International School of Mountaineering in Leysin, Switzerland. He was part of Chris Bonington's 1975 Everest expedition, made an almost impossibly difficult ascent of Changabang with Joe Tasker in 1976 and went on to climb Kangchenjunga and to attempt to summit K2, being beaten back by poor weather and exhaustion. Mount Kongur followed in 1981 and, in March 1982, in a small expedition with Chris Bonington, Joe Tasker and Dick Renshaw, he attempted the previously unclimbed and highly difficult North East Ridge of Everest, where he and Joe Tasker tragically lost their lives. Peter and Joe left two legacies. One was their great endeavour, their climbs on high peaks with bold, lightweight innovative methods, the second and more lasting achievement is the books they wrote and left behind. Peter's talent for writing emerged through his climbing career. The success of his first book The Shining Mountain was immediate in the climbing world and won him wider acclaim with the John Llewelyn Rhys Memorial Prize for literature in 1979. Sacred Summits, published shortly after his death, described the climbing year of 1979, the trips to New Guinea, Kangchenjunga and Gaurisankar.
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- PublisherArrow Bks.
- Publication date1980
- ISBN 10 0099209209
- ISBN 13 9780099209201
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages192
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The Shining Mountain . With Material By Joe Tasker.
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Book Description Soft Cover. Condition: VG+. Reprint. 12mo. original printed paper wraps (a little rubbed & creased, prev. owner's details to first page, paperstock slightly tanned, as usual); pp. 192, with 27 plates & a route diagram. A very good copy. [Neate B120: This book received a literary prize. It recounts the Alpine-style ascent of the formidable west face, one of the most remarkable climbs in the Himalaya by a light-weight expedition. Boardman and Tasker disappeared on the north-east ridge of Everest 1982]. Seller Inventory # 021866
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: Fair. A readable copy of the book which may include some defects such as highlighting and notes. Cover and pages may be creased and show discolouration. Seller Inventory # GOR001708236
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Book Description Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Boardman's classic account of the Changabang West Wall ascent with Joe Tasker. Some feat. They both tragically dies on Everest in 1982. Signed on title page. pp192. Illus; b/w and col. A well read copy!. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 014345
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