Tomaz Humar (Storpocket)
avBernadette McDonald
ISBN: 9780099505099 - UTGIVEN: 200902In August, 2005, Tomaz Humar was trapped on a narrow ledge at 5900 metres on the formidable Rupal Face of Nanga Parbat. He had been attempting a new route, directly up the middle of the highest mountain face in the world - solo. After six days he was out of food, almost out of fuel and frequently bu[...]
Freedom Climbers: The Golden Age of Polish Climbing (Häftad)
avBernadette McDonald
ISBN: 9781594857560 - UTGIVEN: 201303Freedom Climbers tells the story of Poland's truly remarkable mountaineers who dominated Himalayan climbing during the period between the end of World War II and the start of the new millennium. The emphasis here is on their "golden age" in the 1980s and 1990s when, despite the economic and social b[...]
Freedom Climbers (Häftad)
avBernadette McDonald
ISBN: 9781906148447 - UTGIVEN: 201202"Freedom Climbers" is the multi award-winning book by Bernadette McDonald, now available in the UK and Ireland thanks to Vertebrate Publishing. "Freedom Climbers" tells the story of the extraordinary Polish adventurers who emerged from under the blanket of oppression following the Second World War t[...]
Freedom Climbers (Inbunden)
avBernadette McDonald
ISBN: 9781926855608 - UTGIVEN: 201110Between 1980 and 1989, Polish climbers were giant, world-wide leaders as high-altitude climbers, especially in the Himalayas. This volume documents those charismatic leaders and their iconic climbs in a defining chapter of Himalayan climbing history. The book tells the story of a group of extraordin[...]
Whose Water Is It? (Inbunden)
avBernadette (EDT) McDonald, Douglas Jehl, Bernadette (EDT) McDonald
ISBN: 9780792262381 - UTGIVEN: 2003-10Addressing threats to the world's water supply, this collection of essays by noted scientists, activists, water managers, and environmental writers discusses the growing problem of the lack of Earth's most precious natural resource, examines key issues confronting the world's water supply today, and[...]
