PDF No Place to Fall Superalpinism in the High Himalaya Victor Saunders 9781911342205 Books
PDF No Place to Fall Superalpinism in the High Himalaya Victor Saunders 9781911342205 Books
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No Place to Fall is Victor Saunders' follow up to his Boardman Tasker Prize winning debut book Elusive Summits. Covering three expeditions in Nepal, the Karakoram and the Kumaon, each shares the exhilaration of attempting new alpine-style routes on terrifyingly committing mountains.
In 1989 Victor Saunders and Steve Sustad completed a difficult route on the West Face of Makalu II, only to be brought to a storm-bound halt above 7,000 metres while descending. Without food or bivouac gear, they endured a tortuous descent after a night in the open. Two years later the pair were with a small team in the Hunza valley exploring elusive access to a giant hidden pillar on the unvisited South-East Face of Ultar, one of the highest and most shapely of the world's unclimbed peaks.
In 1992 Victor Saunders was part of a joint Indian-British team climbing various peaks in the Panch Chuli range. A happy and successful expedition narrowly avoided ending in tragedy when Stephen Venables broke both legs in a fall on the descent from Panch Chuli V and Chris Bonington survived another fall going to his aid. The dramatic evacuation of Venables, in which the author took a major part, forms an exciting climax to a story of cutting-edge, alpine-style climbing in the world's highest mountains.
No Place to Fall offers enviable mountain exploration, enriched by sharing the lives of the mountain peoples along the way. Victor Saunders casts a perceptive, if bemused, eye over his fellow climbers and reflects on the calculation of risk that drives them back year after year to chance their lives in high places.
PDF No Place to Fall Superalpinism in the High Himalaya Victor Saunders 9781911342205 Books
"Much of this book repeats the well-trod stories of traveling in Asia that has been beat to death by others. I skimmed many, many pages because of that. I'd rather hear more colorful comments by the author while actually on the mountain, like he said in Chapter 5, "It is a unique property of our tent that the entrance is designed for dwarves.""
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Tags : No Place to Fall Superalpinism in the High Himalaya [Victor Saunders] on . <em><strong>No Place to Fall</strong></em> is Victor Saunders' follow up to his Boardman Tasker Prize winning debut book Elusive Summits. Covering three expeditions in Nepal,Victor Saunders,No Place to Fall Superalpinism in the High Himalaya,Vertebrate Publishing,1911342207,Biography Autobiography/Personal Memoirs,Biography Autobiography/Sports,SPORTS RECREATION / Mountaineering,no place to fall; Victor Saunders; Vic Saunders; Saunders; Superalpinism in the high Himalaya; Superalpinism; Himalaya; High Himalaya; Boardman Tasker; Boardman Tasker Prize; Elusive Summits; Nepal; Karakoram; Kumaon; Chris Bonington; Stephen Venables; Makalu; Barun Valley; Makalu La; Kangchungtse; Kathmandu; Ultar; Hunza; Shimshal Pamirs; Panch Chuli; Madkot; Rajrambha; Deodars; Steve Sustad
No Place to Fall Superalpinism in the High Himalaya Victor Saunders 9781911342205 Books Reviews :
No Place to Fall Superalpinism in the High Himalaya Victor Saunders 9781911342205 Books Reviews
- Much of this book repeats the well-trod stories of traveling in Asia that has been beat to death by others. I skimmed many, many pages because of that. I'd rather hear more colorful comments by the author while actually on the mountain, like he said in Chapter 5, "It is a unique property of our tent that the entrance is designed for dwarves."
- Interesting perspective on high altitude climbing.
- Well written account of climbing adventures in the Himalaya. Thoroughly enjoyed it as really felt I was there.
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