World Mountaineering (The World's Great Mountains By The World's Great Mountaineers) | 
 enlarge | Creators: Chris Bonington, Audrey Salkeld, Raymond Turvey
Publisher: Mitchell Beazley
Category: Book
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Media: Paperback
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Pages: 304
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Dimensions (in): 11.4 x 9 x 0.8
ISBN: 1845331427
Dewey Decimal Number: 796
EAN: 9781845331429
ASIN: 1845331427
Publication Date: October 15, 2005
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Product Description
Go higher and higher with the world’s leading mountaineers as they describe 50 of the most spectacular peaks from around the globe: their routes, their challenges, and their climbing history, plus compelling climbing experiences that are sure to inspire. Contributions come from Iain Allan on Mount Kenya; George Band on Kengchenjunga; Al Read on Grand Teton; Steve Roper on El Capitan; Anderl Heckmair on the first ascent of the north wall of the Eiger; and George Mallory II, who retraces his grandfather’s history-making journey on Everest. Breathtaking photographs, maps, and charts fill the volume, and there’s practical information how to get to each fabled mountain, on what gear to take and when to climb, what facilities are available, and what safety provisions must be taken.
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Coffee Table Book for Climbers October 2, 2006
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
My title not withstanding, this is a wonderful "picture" book of 52 of the world's climbing peaks. Each climb is accompanied by history, routes, seasonality information and brief gear requirments. Additionally, each individual route is graded with one of the prevailing rating systems and various sundry information about approaches, access, etc.
What this book is not, is a technique manual, a gear guide or a conditioning text. It's essentially a coffee table book about great climbing for climbers and has some of the most arresting (pun intended) photos in climbing literature. No, it's not an essential like "Freedom of the Hills" or "The Mountaineer's Handbook", but if you want to get motivated to tackle something most of us will never get a chance to, or if you want to compare the releative difficulties of K2 and Aconcagua, you gotta get this book. There are only a few big wall climbs included as most of the material is devoted to the classic big mountains including the Eiger, Matterhorn and Everest.
While this book may not get you up and over the top on any climb, it will satisfy the internal hunger for information about the sport and why we do it and lead to a re-comittment to the ethos. Highly recommended.
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