Thieves, Liars and Mountaineers On the 8,000m peak circus in Pakistan【電子書籍】[ Mark Horrell ]

＜p＞This is the tale of Mark Horrell’s not-so-nearly ascent of Gasherbrum in Pakistan, of how one man’s boredom and frustration was conquered by a gutsy combination of exhaustion, cowardice, and sheer mountaineering incompetence.＜/p＞ ＜p＞He made not one, not two, but three intrepid assaults, some of which got quite a distance beyond Base Camp, and overcame many perilous circumstances along the way. The mountaineer Joe Simpson famously crawled for three days with a broken leg, but did he ever have to read ＜em＞Angels and Demons＜/em＞ by Dan Brown while waiting for a weather window?＜/p＞ ＜p＞But that’s enough about Mark’s attempt; there were some talented climbers on the mountain as well, and this story is also about them. How did they get on? Heroes, villains, oddballs and madmen ? 8,000m peaks attract them all, and drama, intrigue and cock-ups aplenty were inevitable.＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞About this series＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞The ＜em＞Footsteps on the Mountain Diaries＜/em＞ are Mark's expedition journal．．．楽天市場のショップで商品詳細の続きを見る