Deep Play: A Climber's Odyssey from Llanberis to the Big Walls

By Paul Pritchard

Book Overview

Mountaineer, Paul Pritchard recounts some of his historic climbs, both in this country and around the world. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0898865654
• ISBN13: 9780898865653
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Mountaineers Books
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

A climber's review

I'd recommend this book to anyone who's even slightly addicted to climbing since it happens to be one of the best books around. Keyword of the last sentence is addicted. The book a short introduction to the mind of a very bold climber. For non-climbers... well it may be too complex and full of weird words. Must be interesting reading still, though.For all the climbers out there I can say I've been climbing for 10 years and...

Very good

This is a collection of essays that appeared first in climbing journals published in England. The essays are written in a variety of styles, from straight narrative to a kind of stream of consciousness. One style written as if the writer is dictating his thoughts while climbing is used several times. At first it was interesting, but the later essays written in this style lose their novelty. Pritchard's essays are relatively...

Inspiring,great book

Incredible book, I'm brusing up on aid climbing, I'm reading up on big walls, I'm feeling confident leading out on my pro. Well written, beatifuly written, great spirited, motivational. Extreme to the max. One of the best Christmas presents I'v ever gotten