Eiger Obsession Facing the Mountain That Killed My Father

Name: Eiger Obsession Facing the Mountain That Killed My Father
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ISBN: 9780099525141

ISBN-10: 0099525143

ISBN-13: 9780099525141

Edition: 2009

Authors: John Harlin

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In the 1960s an American named John Harlin II changed the face of Alpine climbing. Gutsy and gorgeous ndash; he was known as 'the blond god' ndash; Harlin successfully summitted some of the most treacherous mountains in Europe. But it was the North Face of the Eiger that became Harlin's obsession. Living with his wife and two children in Leysin, Switzerland, he spent countless hours planning to climb, waiting to climb, and attempting to climb the massive vertical face. It was the Eiger direct ndash; the direttissima ndash; with which John Harlin was particularly obsessed. He wanted to be the first to complete it, and everyone in the Alpine world knew it. John Harlin III was nine years old…

Book details

List price: $15.99
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Publication date: 6/4/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 5.16" wide x 8.11" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 0.506
Language: English