Fatal Mountaineer - Hardcover

Roper, Robert

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0312261535 ISBN 13: 9780312261535

Publisher: St Martin's Press, 2002

Synopsis

Physical description; xii, 306 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm. Subjects; Unsoeld, William Francis 1926-1979. Mountaineers - United States - Biography.

About this title

Review

"Fatal Mountaineer."..combines vivid characterization, gripping accounts of extreme mountaineering and accessible technical information, as well as pertinent cultural historical and philosophical reflection. It's a rich tapestry, a book for both the general reader and the climbing fanatic.--Floyd Skloot "San Francisco Chronicle "

With journalistic skill, Roper also delves into Unsoeld's transcendental philosophies and their fallacies...The book's greatest accomplishment is in the light it sheds on the shadows of mountain climbing and the impossible ideals of a hero.--Mark Larabee "The Oregonian "

"Fatal Mountaineer."..combines vivid characterization, gripping accounts of extreme mountaineering and accessible technical information, as well as pertinent cultural historical and philosophical reflection. It's a rich tapestry, a book for both the general reader and the climbing fanatic. Floyd Skloot, "San Francisco Chronicle"

[A] cautionary tale of how pursuit of a mountain at any cost and in any weather can have deadly consequences. "Lynn Arave, Deseret News (Salt Lake City, UT)"

With journalistic skill, Roper also delves into Unsoeld's transcendental philosophies and their fallacies...The book's greatest accomplishment is in the light it sheds on the shadows of mountain climbing and the impossible ideals of a hero. Mark Larabee, "The Oregonian""

"Fatal Mountaineer...combines vivid characterization, gripping accounts of extreme mountaineering and accessible technical information, as well as pertinent cultural historical and philosophical reflection. It's a rich tapestry, a book for both the general reader and the climbing fanatic." --Floyd Skloot, San Francisco Chronicle

"[A] cautionary tale of how pursuit of a mountain at any cost and in any weather can have deadly consequences." --Lynn Arave, Deseret News (Salt Lake City, UT)

"With journalistic skill, Roper also delves into Unsoeld's transcendental philosophies and their fallacies...The book's greatest accomplishment is in the light it sheds on the shadows of mountain climbing and the impossible ideals of a hero." --Mark Larabee, The Oregonian

Synopsis

In 1963, Willi Unsoeld became an international hero for his conquest of the West Ridge of Everest. His go-for-broke style and near-mad fearlessness established the modern template for extreme adventure. Unsoeld was also a charismatic public speaker and teacher, who profoundly influenced the generation of the 1960s and 1970s as a professor of philosophy. But the darker consequences of Unsoeld's philosophy emerged during an expedition he led in 1976. The loss of his daughter on the slopes of Nanda Devi under mysterious circumstances continues to fuel one of the great debates in the world of mountaineering. FATAL MOUNTAINEER is a gripping, intelligent look at Willi Unsoeld and the two epic climbs that defined him. It is an unusual narrative that blends action with ethics, fame with tragedy, and a man's ambition with a father's anguish.

Edition details

• Publisher: St Martin's Press
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0312261535
• ISBN 13: 9780312261535
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 352