Courage & misfortune
The first four in a series of anthologies of the best climbing literature written
254 pages ; 23 cm.
9780898868265, 0898868262
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Nanda Devi, the tragic expedition / John Roskelley
"Not a private affair" / Walt Unsworth
"Makalu, too. Wouldn't you?" / Geof Childs
"Storm on Manaslu, a classic Himalaya expedition" / Reinhold Messner
The Totem pole, and a whole new adventure / Paul Pritchard
Storm and sorrow in the high Pamirs / Robert Craig
"Lucky Joe" / Hamish Macinnes
"The fatal accident on the Matterhorn" / Edward Whymper
"Solo winter ascent, Fadden, 1936" / Dee Molenaar
Minus 148, the winter ascent of Mt. McKinley / Art Davidson
"Five days on Mount Huntington" and "Moments of doubt" / David Roberts