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Elusive Summits - Four Expeditions in the Karakoram (Paperback)
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Elusive Summits - Four Expeditions in the Karakoram (Paperback)
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Loot Price R445
Discovery Miles 4 450
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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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