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Elusive Summits - Four Expeditions in the Karakoram (Paperback) Loot Price: R444
Discovery Miles 4 440
Elusive Summits - Four Expeditions in the Karakoram (Paperback): Victor Saunders

Elusive Summits - Four Expeditions in the Karakoram (Paperback)

Victor Saunders

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Loot Price R444 Discovery Miles 4 440

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At a time when the greatest mountains in the greatest ranges had been climbed by numerous routes, collected like stamps and written about extensively, Victor Saunders and his friends relished the exploration of the slightly lower, slightly humbler, but often more aesthetically satisfying and no less testing summits in the 6,000- and 7,000-metre range. With thousands of unclimbed peaks in the Karakoram and Himalaya to choose from, these were ripe fruit for the committed mountaineers of the day. In his Boardman-Tasker-winning Elusive Summits, Victor Saunders describes four expeditions to the Karakoram, to Uzum Brakk, Bojohaghur Duanasir, Rimo and the stunning Spantik. Battling crevasses and violent weather, injured climbers and dropped rucksacks, Saunders and his friends make a string of exciting and difficult ascents. Saunders communicates the highs and lows of expedition life with relish, good humour, and a keen eye for the idiosyncratic among his companions. His first book, Elusive Summits, is a wonderful celebration of the sheer exhilaration that comes from the hardest level of alpine-style exploration in the Karakoram.

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Imprint: Vertebrate Publishing
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: 2017
Authors: Victor Saunders
Dimensions: 234 x 156 x 75mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade
Pages: 132
ISBN-13: 978-1-911342-19-9
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Sport
Books > Sport & Leisure > Sports & outdoor recreation > Active outdoor pursuits > Climbing & mountaineering
Books > Sport & Leisure > Travel & holiday > Travel writing > Expeditions
Books > Biography > Sport
Books > Travel > Travel writing > Expeditions
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LSN: 1-911342-19-3
Barcode: 9781911342199

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