| One Day as a Tiger: Alex MacIntyre and the Birth of Light and Fast Alpinism Contributor(s): Porter, John (Author) |
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ISBN: 1771601663 ISBN-13: 9781771601665 Publisher: Rocky Mountain Books Incorporated OUR PRICE: $22.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Sports & Recreation | Mountaineering - Sports & Recreation | Extreme Sports - Biography & Autobiography | Sports |
| Dewey: 796.522 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (1.10 lbs) 312 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In the autumn of 1982, a single stone fell from high on the south face of Annapurna and struck Alex MacIntyre on the head, killing him instantly and robbing the climbing world of one of its greatest talents. Although only 28 years old, Alex was already one of the leading figures of British mountaineering's most successful era. His ascents included hard new routes on Himalayan giants like Dhaulagiri and Changabang and a glittering record of firsts in the Alps and Andes. Yet how Alex climbed was as important as what he climbed. He was a mountaineering prophet, sharing with a handful of contemporaries -- including his climbing partner Voytek Kurtyka -- the vision of a purer form of alpinism on the world's highest peaks. |