The Armchair Mountaineer (The Armchair Library series)

REUTHER, David; THORN, John (editors); CARROLL, Bob (illustrations)

ISBN 10: 0684181983 / ISBN 13: 9780684181981

Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1984

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A first printing of this collection of articles and essays sharing a common theme of mountaineering. Mostly accounts of difficult climbs in the Himalayas, the Alps and other challenging ranges; it also consists of tips and techniques, fictional accounts, and even a story by Mark Twain about an imagined Alpine climb by extravagantly-equipped gentlemen climbers. With drawings in black & white by Bob Carroll. --- In full blue paper-covered boards with titling in silver to spine. Volume lacks the dust jacket. --- A clean, bright, tightly-bound copy, though with scratches and wear to edges of covers.; Tall Octavo - 9 to 10 in. tall; x, 342 pages.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Armchair Mountaineer (The Armchair Library series)
• Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons, New York
• Publication Date: 1984
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0684181983
• ISBN 13: 9780684181981
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Bob Carroll
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Good+
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

The ARMCHAIR MOUNTAINEER (The Armchair Library)

From the Back Cover

Few sports have the mystic allure that is so much a part of mountaineering. The rewards for success are great, as are the consequences for failure. So solitary a sport, mountaineering leads to the release of some of our innermost feelings; feelings of uncertainty, competitiveness, and the desire to conquer fear and physical limitation. Within the pages of The Armchair Mountaineer are the accounts of many of the great triumphs and tragedies of mountaineering. The combination of great climbers and renowned authors leads to a volume filled with accounts of ascents from around the world, from a detailed account of the equipment necessary to ascend Yosemite's Lost Arrow to Rick Ridgeway's journal of the attack on K2, to Herzog on Annapurna, Hillary on Everest, and Reinhold Messner on the will to survive. Not surprisingly, some of the greatest authors of fiction have made their mark on the literature of climbing. (6 x 9, 352 pages, illustrations)