Voices from the Summit: The World’s Great Mountaineers on the Future of Climbing
Author(s):
McDonald, Bernadette & John Amatt, eds
Copyright: 2000, US
Specifications: 1st, 4to, pp.256, photo frontis, 109 bw photos, black cloth
Condition: dj & cloth new
A fantastic book, specially commissioned for the 25th anniversary of the Banff Mountain Film Festival, consisting of 32 essays by top mountaineers focusing on eleven topics crucial to the future of mountaineering – from the Himalaya to rock and ice climbing. Essayists include Breashears, Calhoun, Cassin, Child, Chouinard, Croft, Destivelle, Hill, Hillary, Houston, Karo, Messner, Scott, Skinner, Tabei, Viesturs, Wielicki and others.