Paul Preuss: Lord of the Abyss: Life and Death at the Birth of Free-Climbing

by David Smart

Shortlisted for the 2019 Boardman Tasker Award

Shortlisted for the 2019 Banff Mountain Book Award for Mountain Literature

An intriguing biography of the renowned Austrian alpinist Paul Preuss, who achieved international recognition both for his remarkable solo ascents and for his advocacy of an ethically "pure" alpinism (meaning without any artificial aids).

In the months before his death in 1913, from falling...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1771603232
• ISBN13: 9781771603232
• Release Date: July 2019
• Publisher: Rocky Mountain Books Incorporated
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.9" x 8.6"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher