Seattle, 1982, 1st edition. 264 pp, 24 plates. The ascents of Carstenz, Kangchenjunga, Gaurisankar. Now considered on of the best written expedition account of the modern era, describing three extreme expeditions. DJ, Fine.
SACRED SUMMITS by Peter Boardman was already in proof when its author went off to Everest for the last time in 1982. It covers three very different expeditions - to the Carstensz Pyramid in New Guinea with his future wife in 1978-9, the impressive four-man first ascent of Kangchenjunga North Ridge (1979), and later that year the first ascent of the South Summit of Gauri Sankar by its gruelling West Ridge in a team of five.
