From Top of the World Books, LLC, Hinesburg, VT, U.S.A.
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2004 UK, 1st, 8vo, pp.208, 48 color & 18 bw photos, sketch, appendix, blue cloth; signed Richard Sale, Fritz Wintersteller & Qader Saeed, dj & cloth new. ----- The first full account of the first ascent of Broad Peak in 1957 by Marcus Schmuck, Fritz Wintersteller, Hermann Buhl and Kurt Diemberger. Sale drew upon the climbing diaries of Schmuck and Wintersteller, accounts written by Buhl, and conversations with Diemberger and Qader Saeed, the expedition s Pakistani liaison officer. None of this material has previously been published. Sale begins with a history of Broad Peak, including the first ever drawing of the mountain (from Conway s expedition of 1892), the first ever photograph (from the Eckenstein expedition of 1902) and Sella s panorama from the Abruzzi expedition of 1909. There is also an account of the first attempt by the Herrligkoffer expedition of 1954. The photos from the 1957 expedition are almost entirely previously unpublished work of Schmuck and Wintersteller. Additionally, there is an account of Buhl s last climb and death on Chogolisa from the protocol written by the surviving team members on the day Diemberger returned to Base Camp after the accident. The book ends with an Appendix of all summit climbs from 1957-2004. Broad Peak is long overdue for an english-language account of this important first ascent of an 8000m peak by a very small team. Shortlisted for the 2005 Boardman-Tasker award and Finalist 2005 Banff Mountain Book Festival Best Book Mountain Literature. Seller Inventory # 24139
Bibliographic Details
Title: Broad Peak
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: New
Dust Jacket Condition: New
Signed: signed by author
Book Type: Book
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