Dhaulagiri - Berg Ohne Gnade with Team Signed Expedition Postcard
Author(s):
Moravec, Fritz
Copyright: 1960, Österreichischer Bundersverlag, Wien/München
Specifications: 1st, 8vo, pp.224, 17 bw photos, map eps, blue cloth
Condition: inscribed by Moravec, dj chipped top/bottom spine, 1.5” tear back, unclipped, good+, cloth lightly faded on spine, tight, fine
With Postcard of the Osterreichischen Himalaya Dhaulagiri Expedition 1959. signed 8 members – Fritz Moravec (leader), Othmar Kucera, Stefan Pauer, Karl Prein, Hans Retay, Heinrich Roiss, Erich Vanis, & Wilfred Wehle, fine
The account of the 1959 Austrian Himalayan expedition to Dhaulagiri, at the time the highest unclimbed peak in the world, which made the first reconnoiter of the NE ridge. Despite the death of one member, the team managed to reach 25,250’ before being defeated by wind and weather. In German, no English translation.