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Focuses on the adventures of the famous mountaineer, noted for climbing the Matterhorn twice in one day, and scaling K2 in the Himalayas
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Every mountaineer in the western U.S. has heard of Paul Petzoldt and his pioneering climbs and guide trips in Wyoming's Tetons. Most know of his founding of the highly regarded National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS) programs. But even those who know this "mountain original" well will find new information in this wide-ranging biography by one of Petzoldt's former NOLS students.
Ringholz recounts the stories of both Petzoldt's mountaineering exploits (the Grand Teton, the Matterhorn, K2) and his innovations in outdoor education (Colorado Outward Bound, NOLS, Wilderness Education Association). Furthermore, the book provides a wealth of fascinating personal details; you'll marvel at the twists and turns in Petzoldt's adventurous life that resulted from an often-serendipitous combination of economic privation, world events, wanderlust, curiosity, coincidence, and just plain luck.
The book bills Petzoldt as a controversial figure, apparently in two connections--some bizarre events involving a murder charge in India and Byzantine struggles for control over NOLS properties and leadership--and sets out to "correct the record." Because it's an authorized biography, the book may be a bit light on objective analysis of its subject and other conflicting opinions, but nonetheless it's competently done. --Donna DeShazo
About the Author
Raye Ringholz met Paul Petzoldt when she attended NOL's first women's course. She sold the first national magazine article about the school to Field & Stream, and then collaborated with Petzoldt on the Wilderness Handbook and co-authored The New Wilderness Handbook.
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- PublisherMountaineers Books
- Publication date1998
- ISBN 10 0898865581
- ISBN 13 9780898865585
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages238
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