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HIGH RISK: CLIMBING TO EXTINCTION Brian Hall 2022 1st UK ed Hardcover Fine
By Hall, Brian
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UK, 2022, 1st edition. 380 pages, 50 color photos. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Fine
The golden age of Himalayan mountaineering, from the mid 1970s to the 1980s, brought forth a generation of radical young climbers. With tiny budgets and high ambitions they pioneered small scale, Alpine-style expeditions on mountains such as Jannu, Nuptse, Everest, and K2. In
High Risk
, Brian Hall recalls the outrageous adventures of eleven of his climbing friends who risked, and too often lost, their lives to stand on some of the world’s highest peaks at a turning point in mountaineering history.
The climbers profiled include:
Sam Cochrane
John Syrette
Alex MacIntyre
Mike Geddes
John Whittle
Roger Baxter-Jones
Georges Bettembourg
Pete Thexton
Joe Tasker
Paul Nunn
Alan Rouse
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