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 Uitz, Martin & Audrey Salkeld, eds Der Berg Ruft! Der Katalog
2000 Germany 1st, oblong 8vo, pp.176, 270 color & 129 bw photos, 3 sketches, 2 maps, wraps; signed on cover & inscribed Kurt Diemberger, fine #24037 $79.00
A unique catalogue done in conjunction with the Salzburg ‘Call of the Mountains’ exhibit (2000-2001). Chapters overview all 14 8000m peaks, important personalities, and major aspects of climbing. Scarce. In German, no English translation.[read more]
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Vallance, Mark Wild Country: The Man who made Friends
2016 UK 1st, 8vo, pp.xi, 227, 57 color & 24 bw photos, 4 sketches, wraps w/ French flaps; new #27105 $29.95
In early 1978, an extraordinary new invention for rock climbers was featured on the BBC television science show Tomorrow’s World. It was called the ‘Friend’, and it not only made the sport safer, it helped push the limits of the possible. The company that made them was called Wild Country, the brain[read more]
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Wielicki, Krzysztof Crown of Himalaya: 14 X 8000
1997 Pvt pub Kraków 1st prtg, 8vo, pp.142, 146 color & 2 bw photos, 14 maps, map eps, pictorial boards; signed, issued w/o dj, boards tight, very fine #26158 $245.00
In the fall of 1996 Wielicki became the fifth person to climb all 14 8000-metre peaks. Similar in style to Messner's ‘All 14 8000ers’, this has separate chapters on each peak with a route map, history, and account of Wielicki’s own ascent. Only 500 copies printed in English.[read more]
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Wielicki, Krzysztof Crown of Himalaya: 14 X 8000
1997 Pvt pub Kraków 2nd prtg, 8vo, pp.142, 146 color & 2 bw photos, 14 maps, map eps, pictorial boards; signed, issued w/o dj, boards tight, very fine #11297 $245.00
In the fall of 1996 Wielicki became the fifth person to climb all 14 8000-metre peaks. Similar in style to Messner's ‘All 14 8000ers’, this has separate chapters on each peak with a route map, history, and account of Wielicki’s own ascent. Only 500 copies printed in English.[read more]
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