NANGA PARBAT ADVENTURE : A Himalayan Expedition
by Bechtold, Fritz; (Translated from the German Bh H.E.G. Tyndale)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Berkeley, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London, UK: John Murray, 1935. First Edition, First Thus . Hard Cover/Stitched. Very Good/No Jacket. Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Pale blue linen boards/VG; strong & sound w/edge & surface rubs, and showing light soiling/discoloration. DJ/None. Bookshop label to front cover verso. Chronicle of the 1934 Nanga Parbat (1953 celebrated its ascent by Sir Edmund Hillary, followed by that of Hermann Buhl). The first German expedition to Nanga Parbat was led by Willy Merkl in 1932 (known also as the German-American expedition); while not successful, this team did establish the feasibility routes. This volume, illustrated with 80 photos, is an account of the climb of 1934, again led by Merkl, was to become one of the worst disasters in mountaineering history. Though well financed and better prepared, the disaster struck mightly --- first Alfred Drexel died, Tyrolean climbers Peter Aschenbrenner and Erwin Schneider reached an estimated height of 7895 but, along with 14 others, were forced into retreat by foul weather. During the desperate retreat, three famous German mountaineers, Uli Wieland, Willo Welzenbach and Merkl himself, and six Sherpas died. The last survivor, Ang Tsering, reached safety after battling storms for seven days. An agonizing history.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- 100 POCKETS (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010028
- Title
- NANGA PARBAT ADVENTURE : A Himalayan Expedition
- Author
- Bechtold, Fritz; (Translated from the German Bh H.E.G. Tyndale)
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover/Stitched
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Thus
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Place of Publication
- London, UK
- Date Published
- 1935
- Keywords
- Adventure/Expedition/Moutaineering
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mountaineering/Rock Climbing; Adventure/Expeditions;
Terms of Sale
100 POCKETS
If a book is damaged or lost in shipment, refund of book cost and postage is guaranteed. If a book is physically not as described in our posting, book cost and round-trip postage are refunded on the book�s return.
About the Seller
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...