Himalaya Alpine-Style: The Most Challenging Routes on the Highest Peaks
by Andy Fanshawe, Stephen Venables (Author)
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This guide celebrates the pleasures and possibilities of the alpine-style approach to climbing the 6000-, 7000- and 8000-metre peaks of the Himalaya and the Karakoram. It highlights 40 of the world's finest climbs, a mixture of modern test pieces and older classic routes, varying in height, length and difficulty, on both rock and ice.Tags
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Stephen Venables (born 1954) started climbing while a student at Oxford. He has made many first ascents of peaks in the Himalaya, Patagonia and elsewhere, and was the first Briton to climb Everest without oxygen
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- Sports and Leisure, Nonfiction, Travel
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- 796.5 — Arts & recreation Recreation, sports, and performing arts Athletic and outdoor sports and games Outdoor leisure
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- GV199.44 .H55 .F36 — Geography, Anthropology and Recreation Recreation. Leisure Recreation. Leisure Outdoor life. Outdoor recreation Hiking. Pedestrian tours
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