GHAR PARAU by Judson, David - 1973

Macdonald, New York, 1973. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Dust Jacket torn, spine sunned. Dust Jacket price-clipped. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Mountaineering; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 18218. .

Macmillan, 1973. Hard cover. Good/Good. An x-library copy. a classic expedition to exotic lands to explore deep caves, which ended up giving birth to the expression "to be parau'd." Porow Cave is a limestone cave in the Zagros Mountains, north of Kermanshah in Western Iran. At 751 m deep, it is the deepest cave in Iran. Joujar Cave has been reported as the second deepest, at 568 m deep. A British led caving expedition to the Zagros Mountains in 1971 led to the discovery of the cave. The cave was explored to a depth of 742 m by the time the expedition was forced to return to the surface. The explorers believed that the cave might go on much further, possibly surpassing the Gouffre de la Pierre-Saint-Martin system, which at that time was the world's deepest known cave. The team returned the following year and passed their previous limit, but to their great disappointment the cave sumped almost immediately at a depth of 751 m and could be explored no further. To be "Ghar… Read More

Macmillan. 1st printing,1973. Very Good/Very Good- hard cover. 8vo,cloth,216pp,illus. edgewear,nicks,rubbing,scratches,scrapes,chips,dust jacket. shelfwear cover. paper clip type impression front end page front margin & next few pages. clean,tight,text. caves.

Macmillan c1972, 1973, 1972-01-01. Hardcover. Good. . Dust jacket and edges shows shelf wear. Dust jacket is covered in brodart plastic. Pages are clean and intact.

Hardback. Very Good.

New York: Macmillan. Fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket. 1973. 1st. hardcover. 8vo, 216 pp. .

Macmillan, 1973. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Fading to jacket on spine. .

Macmillan, 1973. 1st. Hardcover. A Near FINE tight copy in a VG to VG+ bright dj.

Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc., 1973. Hardcover in very good condition with very good minus dust jacket.. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.

New York: Macmillan Co.. VG+. 1973. First Printing. Hardcover. Hardback in Very Good+ condition, Very Good+ dust jacket Light wear to dj spine ends.. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 216 pages. * Quick Shipping * All Books Mailed in Boxes * Free Tracking Provided * .