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Page 41
... foot of Manaslu and had our first real look at the South Face , we were so intimidated by its obvious dangers that we seriously consi- dered turning back , there and then . The lower part of the face was nothing but icefalls and ...
... foot of Manaslu and had our first real look at the South Face , we were so intimidated by its obvious dangers that we seriously consi- dered turning back , there and then . The lower part of the face was nothing but icefalls and ...
Page 59
... foot of the slope . They stopped just short of the Gasherbrum Valley . There was no really critical moment on this expedition . It had shown us that this type of venture , the first of its kind , was perfectly feasible . All the same ...
... foot of the slope . They stopped just short of the Gasherbrum Valley . There was no really critical moment on this expedition . It had shown us that this type of venture , the first of its kind , was perfectly feasible . All the same ...
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... foot of the North Flank ) . Considering that climbing deaths among climbers of eight - thousanders is 3-4 per cent , Reinhold Messner on his 29 expeditions to the fourteen highest mountains must have run a 99 per cent risk of not coming ...
... foot of the North Flank ) . Considering that climbing deaths among climbers of eight - thousanders is 3-4 per cent , Reinhold Messner on his 29 expeditions to the fourteen highest mountains must have run a 99 per cent risk of not coming ...
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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