Broad Peak
by Sale, Richard
- Used
- as new
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- as new
- ISBN 10
- 0953863115
- ISBN 13
- 9780953863112
- Seller
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Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Hildersley, Ross-On-Wye: Carreg, r2004. Hardcover. as new. 1st Edition (One of approximately 30 copies signed by Schmuck and Wintersteller). 208pp. Octavo in original blue cloth and dust jacket with colour and b&w illustrations in text from photos. Signed by Richard Sale on title page and by expedition leader Marcus Schmuck, Fritz Wintersteller, and the liason officer Qader Saeed. as new Account of the first ascent of Broad Peak (without supplemental oxygen) by Marcus Schmuck and Fritz Wintersteller, followed by Hermann Buhl and Kurt Diemberger. Based on the diaries of Scmuck and Wintersteller, translated from the German by Michaela Gigerl and John Hirst, with additional unpublished material from Hermann Buhl, and the recollections of Diemberger and Qader Saeed, the Pakastani liason officer. Appendix of all summit climbs from 1957-2004 at end. Buhl was lost two and a half weeks later after an unsuccessful attempt on Chogolisa peak with Kurt Diemberger, when a cornice broke while descending along the S.E. Ridge. 2004
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- Bookseller
- Aquila Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 106782
- Title
- Broad Peak
- Author
- Sale, Richard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New as new
- Quantity Available
- 2
- ISBN 10
- 0953863115
- ISBN 13
- 9780953863112
- Publisher
- Carreg
- Place of Publication
- Hildersley, Ross-On-Wye
- Date Published
- r2004
- Keywords
- Broad Peak
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mountaineering;
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