The Mountains of My Life
- Binding: Paperback
- Publisher: Random House Inc
- Publish date: 02/01/2001
Description:
Bonatti is one of the greatest mountaineers of all time, a man who continually reset the benchmark of human possibility by ascending routes that others dared not even contemplate. Jon Krakauer calls him "one of my heroes. He is not only a mountaineer of astonishing talent and vision but one of the world's most engaging writers about mountaineering". He epitomized the purest spirit of alpinism and inspired a generation of climbers.
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The Mountains of My Life not only collects the best of Bonatti's writing -- telling of adventures in the Alps, the Himalayas, and in lesser-known South American ranges -- but also tells Bonatti's version of what really happened on the Italian expedition that made the first ascent of K2 in 1954. Bonatti's selfless actions helped avert disaster, yet he found himself cast as a scapegoat. Part detective story, part hair-raising adventure, part meditation on his craft, The Mountains of My Life is as awe inspiring and controversial as its author and is beautifully illustrated with Bonatti's own photos.
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