Fall of the Phantom Lord - Hardcover

Todhunter, Andrew

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0385486413 ISBN 13: 9780385486415

Publisher: Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, 1998

Synopsis

Explores the death-defying world of rock climbing through the lives of world-class climber Dan Osman and his fellow sportsmen, who give up the nine-to-five world to face unthinkable challenges to their strength, patience, and survival.

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About the Author

Andrew Todhunter writes about extreme sports in an ongoing series of articles for The Atlantic Monthly. An amateur climber and adventurer of all trades, Todhunter is usually a participant in the sports that he writes about, and he has climbed extensively with soloist Dan Osman. He lives in the New York area with his wife and young daughter.

From the Inside Flap

le attempting a new route on a difficult overhanging rock face, climber Dan Osman fell. Again and again, protected by the rope, he fell. He decided then that it would not be in climbing but in falling that he would embrace his fear--bathe in it, as he says, and move beyond it.

A captivating exploration of the daredevil world of rock climbing, as well as a thoughtful meditation on the role of risk and fear in the author's own life.

In the tradition of the wildly popular man-versus-nature genre that has launched several bestsellers, Andrew Todhunter follows the lives of world-class climber Dan Osman and his coterie of friends as he explores the extremes of risk on the unyielding surface of the rock.

Climbing sheer rock faces of hundreds or thousands of feet is more a religion than a sport, demanding dedication, patience, mental and physical strength, grace, and a kind of obsession with detail that is crucial just to survive. Its artists are modern-day ascetics who

Edition details

• Publisher: Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0385486413
• ISBN 13: 9780385486415
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 210