Chessler Books
Rock Climbing - Mountaineering - Exploration
New - Used - Collectible - Signed
Chessler Books Accepts PAYPAL Chessler Books Accepts VISA Chessler Books Accepts MASTERCARD Chessler Books Accepts DISCOVER CARD Chessler Books Accepts AMERICAN EXPRESS
All Orders Shipped via United States Postal Service   Chessler Books Ships Via USPS
Author:
Title:
Keyword:
Item #:
A B C D E F G H I
J K L M Mc N O P Q
R S T U V W X Y Z
Item #: OP15-8507
RED PEAK A PERSONAL ACCOUNT OF THE BRITISH SOVIET EXPEDITION Malcolm Slesser 1964 1st US ed Hardcover DJ Very Good-Near Fine Multiple Copies Available
By Slesser, Malcolm
Price: $4.99

List Price: $25.00
You Save $20.01 (80%)



Add to wish list


Detailed Product Description

New York, 1964, 1st edition. 256 pp, photos. Hardcover with dust jacket. May have chipped dust jacket. Very Good to Near Fine condition.

This Pamir Expedition was the first expedition made up of British and Russian mountaineers. The fact that Western climbers got permission to ascend the 24,590 ft. Peak during the Communist era was a major achievement at the time. Malcolm Slesser, the deputy leader of the British climbers, has written this account of their trek.

Wilfrid Noyce sadly died on this mountaineering expedition, along with Robin Smith. Noyce was one of the most successful post-war British mountaineers. He made the first ascents of Machapuchare and Trivor in the Himalaya and was a member of the successful 1953 Everest expedition. It was Noyce who forced the route to the South Col. 

The British-Soviet Pamir Expedition was for several reasons an historic one: it was the first expedition to be composed of both British and Russian mountaineers; the Pamir Range, was entirely new ground to Western mountaineers and their ascent of the 24,590 ft Peak of Communism, the highest mountain in the USSR was a considerable achievement, especially after the tragic loss of Wilfrid Noyce and Robin Smith - from the introduction to Red Peak.

 
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Ismoil Somoni Peak

Ismoil Somoni Peak (then known as Peak Communism) taken in 1989.
Elevation 7,495 metres (24,590 feet)
Location Tajikistan
Range Pamirs
Prominence 3,402 m
Coordinates 38°55'N, 72°01'E
First ascent September 9, 1933 Yevgeniy Abalakov
Easiest route rock/snow/ice climb

Ismoil Somoni Peak (Tajik:) Qullai Ismoili Somoni, (Russian)  is the highest mountain in Tajikistan and in the former Soviet Union, named after Ismoil Somoni, the ancestor of the Samanid dynasty.

When the existence of a peak in the Soviet Pamir Mountains higher than Independence Peak was first established in 1928, the mountain was tentatively identified with Garmo Peak; but as the result of the work of further Soviet expeditions, it became clear by 1932 that they were not the same, and in 1933 the new peak, from the Akademiya Nauk Range, was named Stalin Peak (Pik Stalina), after Joseph Stalin.

In 1962, the name was changed to Communism Peak (Russian: Pik Kommunizma) and in 1998 to its current name, Ismoil Somoni Peak


The first ascent was made in 1933 by the Soviet mountaineer Yevgeniy Abalakov.

Other Items You Might Like

  • Similar Items Available
  • Items From This Author
  • Items From This Category
ALPINE JOURNAL 100s OF INDIVIDUAL ISSUES LISTED HERE! PAPERBACK, WRAPPERS or HARDCOVER ISSUES 1863-1986
By: Alpine Club UK
Price $10.00
- Item # JR207B
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart
SUMMIT MAGAZINE USA BACK ISSUES 1960s: This List is of Available Issues betyween 1960-1969
By: Summit Magazine
Price $10.00 ~ Regular $20.00, You Save $10.00 (50%)
- Item # JR154J-868
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart
CLIMBER and CLIMBER AND RAMBLER MAGAZINE UK (Not a set) $5 per issue As available
By: Climber and Rambler Magazine
Price $5.00
- Item # JR251-121
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart
MAZAMA BULLETIN Individual Back Issues 1905 - 1975 New issues recently added
By: Mazama Bulletin
Price $5.00
- Item # JR225-127
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart
SUMMIT MAGAZINE USA BACK ISSUES 1990s: 1990-1995 See This List of Available Issues
By: Summit Magazine
Price $10.00 ~ Regular $20.00, You Save $10.00 (50%)
- Item # JR154A-868
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart
TRANGO: THE NAMELESS TOWER Jim Curran 1978 1st UK ed Hardcover DJ Fine 2 copies available
By: Curran, Jim
Price $19.99 ~ Regular $50.00, You Save $30.01 (60%)
- Item # OP1796C-8522
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart
THE CLIMBING ART MAGAZINE Individual Back Issues Numbers 1 to 31
By: Climbing Art Magazine, Pat Ament
Price $10.00
- Item # JR156-869
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart
THE ASCENT OF MOUNT STALIN Michael Romm 1936 1st ed Hardcover Near Fine
By: Romm, Michael
Price $65.00 ~ Regular $75.00, You Save $10.00 (13%)
- Item # OP1290-881
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart
1974 ASCENT: THE SIERRA CLUB MOUNTAINEERING JOURNAL Near Fine-Fine [Not Signed] Multiple Copies Available
By: Sierra Club, Steve Roper and Allen Steck
Price $5.95 ~ Regular $75.00, You Save $69.05 (92%)
- Item # JR167C-8612
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart
K2 THE SAVAGE MOUNTAIN Charles Houston and Bob Bates 1954 1st US ed Hardcover No DJ VG-Near Fine (Not Signed) 2 copies available
By: Houston, Charles and Robert Bates
Price $14.99 ~ Regular $100.00, You Save $85.01 (85%)
- Item # OP412D-8352
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart
Sorry, we were unable find any similar items available by this author.


THE MOUNTAINS OF CANADA [100+ Greatest Peaks] Randy Morse 1978 1st ed Hardcover No DJ Fine 2 copies available
By: Morse, Randy, Introduction by Andy Russell
Price $9.99 ~ Regular $50.00, You Save $40.01 (80%)
- Item # OP100C-8742p
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart
MOUNT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK WASHINGTON 1925 National Park Service
By: Department of the Interior
Price $19.95 ~ Regular $49.95, You Save $30.00 (60%)
- Item # OP2175R-843
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart
BEGINNINGS OF TOPO-HYDROGRAPHIC ACTIVITIES...IN EXPLORATION OF THE ARCTIC PRIOR TO 1870 Stapled Pages Fine INSCRIBED by Herman Friis
By: Friis, Herman R.
Price $5.00 ~ Regular $20.00, You Save $15.00 (75%)
- Item # PL8106-883
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart
MOUNTAINEERING, THE THE FREEDOM OF HILLS Harvey Manning 1960 1st ed Rare DJ Fine
By: Manning, Harvey, The Mountaineers
Price $250.00 ~ Regular $275.00, You Save $25.00 (9%)
- Item # OP428C-839
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart
A SURVEY OF EARLY AMERICAN ASCENTS IN THE ALPS IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY J. Monroe Thorington 1943 1st ed Hardcover Near Fine-Fine Multiple Copies Available
By: Thorington, J. Monroe
Price $19.99 ~ Regular $75.00, You Save $55.01 (73%)
- Item # OP1227-8813
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart
THE BREACH: KILIMANJARO AND THE CONQUEST OF SELF. Rob Taylor. 1998 Paperback
By: Taylor, Rob.
Price $4.95 ~ Regular $20.00, You Save $15.05 (75%)
- Item # BK1522C-864
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart
MOUNT ASSINIBOINE [LODGE] COOK BOOK Trudi Wagler
By: Wagler, Trudi
Price $9.99
- Item # OP8355-874
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart
K2: 8611M Charles Houston, Bob Bates, George Bell 1954 1st ed Like New
By: Houston, Charles, Bob Bates and George Bell
Price $95.00 ~ Regular $250.00, You Save $155.00 (62%)
- Item # OP250A-849
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart
FINNISH NEPAL TOPO MAP #7 TIPTALA BHANJYAN Near Fine-Fine Multiple Copies Available
By: Nepal Topo Map
Price $4.99 ~ Regular $19.95, You Save $14.96 (75%)
- Item # MP126-9579
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart
L'ALPINISME CONNAISSANCE ET TECHNIQUE [MOUNTAINEERING KNOWLEDGE AND TECHNIQUE] Patrice De Bellefon 1987 Hardcover Fine
By: De Bellefon, Patrice
Price $19.99 ~ Regular $40.00, You Save $20.01 (50%)
- Item # OP7686-863
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart