Big wall climbing

Sports & Outdoors

Scott, Doug K.

Mountaineering

Oxford University Press

The beginning climber and the enthusiast are provided with a history of mountaineering with emphasis on the postwar development in classic Big Wall climbing

Big Wall Climbing

This adventure classic captures everything from the historical to the deeply personal in a gripping account of an ambitious first ascent of the Southwest Face of Shishapangma. As Alex MacIntyre describes it, "To climb it became an ambition, but not just to climb it, we had to make the ascent with style, as light, as fast, as uncluttered as we dared, free from umbilical cords and logistics, with none of the traditional trappings of a Himalayan climb. The wall was the ambition, the style became the obsession." 
Placing the expedition into a historical context, Doug Scott presents a wealth of historical detail about the region while Alex MacIntyre provides a unique commentary on the "big peak" way of life-from the frenzied preparations to the clashes of personality, the affection, and the humor.

The Shishapangma Expedition

Mountaineers

This adventure classic captures everything from the historical to the deeply personal in a gripping account of the ambitious first ascent of the Southwest Face of Shishapangma.

Shisha Pangma: The Alpine Style First Ascent of the Southwest Face

Travel

MacIntyre, Alex

Shishapangma Expedition (1979-1982)

Travel Writing

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