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Page 79
... danger then , but with a bit of luck and skill I was able to get myself out . I immediately put it out of my mind . On my way down from the North Col to Base Camp , soft snow gave me a lot of trouble ; I slid and fell more than I ...
... danger then , but with a bit of luck and skill I was able to get myself out . I immediately put it out of my mind . On my way down from the North Col to Base Camp , soft snow gave me a lot of trouble ; I slid and fell more than I ...
Page 141
... danger and for a rela- tively short time , but there was still danger - immense danger . The upper section below the bivouac camp was fairly easy . We traversed down to the left , where we had buried the body the previous day . Keeping ...
... danger and for a rela- tively short time , but there was still danger - immense danger . The upper section below the bivouac camp was fairly easy . We traversed down to the left , where we had buried the body the previous day . Keeping ...
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... dangerous situations pre- cisely , and a relish in decision- making . He has earned the skill to do this from his numerous high altitude experiences . Real adventure ( which does not exist without extreme danger ) and survival are two ...
... dangerous situations pre- cisely , and a relish in decision- making . He has earned the skill to do this from his numerous high altitude experiences . Real adventure ( which does not exist without extreme danger ) and survival are two ...
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Mountaineering Literature: A Bibliography of Material Published in English Jill Neate No preview available - 1986 |
Mountaineering Literature: A Bibliography of Material Published in English Jill Neate No preview available - 1986 |
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able Alpine style Annapurna attempt Austrian autumn avalanche Base Camp big mountains bivouac Broad Peak Buhl Cho Oyu climbers crevasse danger death descent Dhaulagiri Diamir Dorje eight eight-thousanders equipment fixed ropes Flank foot fourteen eight-thousanders Franz Jäger Friedl Mutschlechner Gasherbrum II Gasherbrum Valley glacier Günther Hans Kammerlander Hidden Peak highest mountains Highlights Geographical Position Himalaya Historical Highlights Geographical Horst Fankhauser icefall Kammerlander Kangchenjunga Khumbu Kukuczka Lhotse Main Summit Makalu Manaslu metres morning Mount Everest Nanga Parbat Nazir Sabir Nepal night normal route North Face Northeast Northwest Face Oelz Pakistan Peter Habeler Polish porters possible reach the summit Reinhard Reinhold Messner rock Ruedi Rupal Face seracs Sherpas Shisha Pangma snow solo ascent South Face Southeast Ridge Southwest steep storm success summit ridge survival Swiss tent thousanders Tibet Tibetan tion traverse wanted weather West Ridge wind winter Wolfgang Nairz