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The Mantis

By Philip , Temple

Book information

Publisher
Vertebrate Publishing
Year
2014
ISBN
9781906148881, 1906148880
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
1 MB (1121804 bytes)
Series
EBL-Schweitzer
Edition
Online-ausg
Pages
325 Seiten\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52

Description

Preface; June 22, 1977; June 23; June 27; June 28; June 30; July 2; July 4; July 5; July 9; July 10; July 12; July 13; July 14; July 15; July 16; July 17; July 18; July 19; July 20; July 21; July 22; July 23; July 24; Afterword; About the Author.It is not the courage to go back up that we need. It's the courage to go down. Just to go on? ' In 1977 a British expedition led by Himalayan veteran Geoff Strickland, summiteer of K2 and Everest among others, set off to attempt the first ascent of unclimbed Puthemojar? the?Mantis'? in the Karakoram. 25,311 feet high, renowned for its difficulty, and with a fearsome reputation, the Mantis had claimed the life of at least one climber on each of the previous expeditions that had attempted to scale its complex series of ridges and icefalls. In order to claim the coveted first ascent, Stric.

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