Heroic Climbs: A Celebration of World Mountaineering

by Chris Bonington

Book Overview

This book encompasses the rich, broad spectrum of adventure that is mountain climbing, in a remarkable selection of first-hand accounts - most never before published - by 40 of the foremost... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0898864968
• ISBN13: 9780898864960
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Mountaineers Books
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 2.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 9.1" x 11.6"

Customer Reviews

My Oh My What a Wonderful Book

Spanning the globe from Asia to Antarctica to Alaska to New Guinea, this wonderful book is a must for any mountain lover--including those of the armchair variety. The illustrations are heartpounding, while about a few dozen short narratives are wholly satisfying. This book is a wee bit pricey, and, tho' I am a poor boy, I don't feel one bit robbed. This may be the best picture book/narrative mtn. book I own.

Buy the coffee table size hardcover, not the paperback!

It's got such fantastic photography, the hardcover is well worth the investment.

Photography

Great photographs in this book - largely by John Cleare one of the world's greatest mountain photographers. Thank you John for yet more stunning photographs!