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ONE DAY AS A TIGER: ALEX MACINTYRE AND THE BIRTH OF LIGHT AND FAST ALPINISM John Porter 2014 Hardcover 1st ed Multiple copies available.
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UK, 2014, 1st edition. 230 pp, color and b/w photos.

‘The wall was the ambition, the style became the obsession.’

In the autumn of 1982, a single stone fell from high on the south face of Annapurna and struck Alex MacIntyre on the head, killing him instantly and robbing the climbing world of one of its greatest talents.

Although only 28 years old, Alex was already one of the leading figures in British mountaineering’s most successful era. His ascents included hard new routes on Himalayan giants like Dhaulagiri and Changabang and a glittering record of firsts in the Alps and Andes.

Yet how Alex climbed was as important as what he climbed. He was a mountaineering prophet, sharing with a handful of contemporaries – including his climbing partner Wojciech Kurtyka – the vision of a purer form of alpinism on the world’s highest peaks.

One Day As A Tiger, John Porter’s revelatory and poignant memoir of his friend Alex MacIntyre, shows mountaineering at its extraordinary best and tragic worst – and draws an unforgettable picture of a dazzling, argumentative and exuberant legend.

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‘The wall was the ambition, the style became the obsession.’

In the autumn of 1982, a single stone fell from high on the south face of Annapurna and struck Alex MacIntyre on the head, killing him instantly and robbing the climbing world of one of its greatest talents.

Although only 28 years old, Alex was already one of the leading figures in British mountaineering’s most successful era. His ascents included hard new routes on Himalayan giants like Dhaulagiri and Changabang and a glittering record of firsts in the Alps and Andes.

Yet how Alex climbed was as important as what he climbed. He was a mountaineering prophet, sharing with a handful of contemporaries – including his climbing partner Wojciech Kurtyka – the vision of a purer form of alpinism on the world’s highest peaks.

One Day As A Tiger, John Porter’s revelatory and poignant memoir of his friend Alex MacIntyre, shows mountaineering at its extraordinary best and tragic worst – and draws an unforgettable picture of a dazzling, argumentative and exuberant legend.

- See more at: http://www.v-publishing.com/books/categories/biographies/one-day-as-a-tiger.html#sthash.2K2ZhecG.dpuf
Hardcover with Dust Jacket. There is no writing in the book or other flaws such as book plates  or gift inscriptions from  previous owners of the book.  The Dust Jacket has no tears or chips and is not price clipped. The Dust Jacket is now protected by a removable clear plastic Brodart jacket cover. The Dust Jacket and the Book are in Very Fine condition.

‘The wall was the ambition, the style became the obsession.’

In the autumn of 1982, a single stone fell from high on the south face of Annapurna and struck Alex MacIntyre on the head, killing him instantly and robbing the climbing world of one of its greatest talents.

Although only 28 years old, Alex was already one of the leading figures in British mountaineering’s most successful era. His ascents included hard new routes on Himalayan giants like Dhaulagiri and Changabang and a glittering record of firsts in the Alps and Andes.

Yet how Alex climbed was as important as what he climbed. He was a mountaineering prophet, sharing with a handful of contemporaries – including his climbing partner Wojciech Kurtyka – the vision of a purer form of alpinism on the world’s highest peaks.

One Day As A Tiger, John Porter’s revelatory and poignant memoir of his friend Alex MacIntyre, shows mountaineering at its extraordinary best and tragic worst – and draws an unforgettable picture of a dazzling, argumentative and exuberant legend.

 
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John Porter was born in Massachusetts and started climbing at the age of 12, serving his climbing apprenticeship in the White Mountains of NH, Rockies, Cascades and Yosemite. He moved to the UK in the early 1970s to do post graduate work at Leeds University where he joined a climbing team dedicated to clean ethics, alpine-style and the fostering of international partnerships.

Later ascents included the North Face of Bandaka (1977) and the South Face of Changabang (1978) with Alex 

MacIntyre and Polish friends were achieved in the middle of the Cold War. Other climbs include lightweight attempts of the West Ridge of Everest in winter, the North-north-west Ridge of K2, the East Face of Sepu Kangri.  first ascents of Chong Kundam 1 and 5 in the Eastern Karakoram, and many other notable climbs around the world over a period of 55 years. In 1979 he founded the Kendal Mountain Festival with Brian Hall and Jim Curran, and in 2011 he and Brian founded the online adventure film website SteepEdge.

John lives in the Cumbrian Lake District working as a consultant in the energy sector. He is a vice president of the Alpine Club and has previously been a vice president of the British Mountaineering Council and secretary to the Mountain Heritage Trust.

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