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There are so many great books out there and the Alpine Bookshelf guides you to your favorite armchair adventure.
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Written by David Flinn
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Sunday, 27 April 2008 10:55 |
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A Climber's Year, written by Peter Boardman, 1982, published by The Mountaineers, Seattle, Washington Reviewed by Bob Hey The literature of high mountain exploration has, with few exceptions, not matched the achievements of climbing authors at high altitude. Few topics have more potential for a capti'vating story than the joining of people in a common struggle towards a distant, dangerous goal. Why then, in the last decade, have so few published accounts of these undertakings gone beyond the bland diary style of daytoday progress on the mountain? |
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The American Ascent of K2 |
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Written by David Flinn
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Friday, 18 April 2008 21:53 |
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book by Rick Ridgeway, published by The Mountaineers, 1980 reviewed by Bob Hey, March 1984 1939. The Whermacht is invading Poland. The cigar-smoking Churchill stands before Parliment, slurring his words, calling for war against Germany.... Two men moving on a snow ridge, now stopping before an ice buttress. Neither can catch his breath. Twenty seven thousand five hundred fifty feet above sealevel, Fritz Weissner and a Nepalese Sherpa abandon the first American attempt on K2. So close. Darkness is a demon only an hour away and the cold moves with the night. No bivouac. The men plungestep down towards the Holocaust ... |
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 22 April 2008 19:38 )
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Written by David Flinn
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Friday, 18 April 2008 21:51 |
book by Reinhold Messner
Of the many books published by Reinhold, this is one of his best. Besides the usual spectacular photography, the accounts of his ventures on this Himalayan mountain are concise and well written. On his earlier ascent of Nanga, Reinhold lost his brother Gunther in an avalanche. He explains why he wishes to return and the reason for going alone. His story is easy to read and does not glorify his ascent.
Reinhold does an excellent job of capturing his emotions and thoughts before, during, and after the climb. Most notable are the descriptions of his conflicting inner dialogs with himself while on the mountain; quarreling with the decision to go on in the face of danger or to descend to escape the overwhelming terror of being all alone in Nanga's forbidding environment.
As a bonus, he includes all recorded attempts and ascents on the 80001 meter mountain. A great book to read on those blustery February nights. |
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 22 April 2008 21:47 )
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Northern Adironack Ski Tours |
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Written by David Flinn
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Thursday, 10 April 2008 21:41 |
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by Tony Goodwin published by the Adirondack Mountain Club. Tony has spent many years cross country skiing in the North Country, and he is currently (back in 1984) manager of the ski trails at the Mount Van Hoevenberg Recreation Area near Lake Placid. Over the years, he has compiled a wealth of information on ski tours. |
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 15 April 2008 20:27 )
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High Mountains - Cold Seas |
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Written by David Flinn
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Thursday, 10 April 2008 21:33 |
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A Biography of H.W. Tilman by J. R. L. Anderson 1980
The Mountaineers, 719 Pike Street, Seattle, WA 98101
There is immediate difference walking from scrub pine onto the rock and snow of a summit, or standing on a ship becalmed at open sea yet dwarfed before an approaching curtain of cloud and hard rain. But try to understand the life of a man who has made great land and sea journeys by running your finger along a raisedrelief map and following his routes. Why did he go? My curiosity became a hunger. |
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Last Updated ( Monday, 14 April 2008 19:44 )
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