Summit 8000 : life and death with Australia's greatest mountaineer
Lock, Andrew2014
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A memoir of the high-altitude mountaineering achievements of Andrew Lock: the only Australian to have summited all fourteen 8000-metre peaks, including Mount Everest (twice). Andrew explains his death-defying ascents and his passion for climbing.
Main title:
Summit 8000 : life and death with Australia's greatest mountaineer / by Andrew Lock
Author:
Imprint:
Carlton Vic. Melbourne University Publishing 2014
Collation:
351 pages 16 unnumbered pages of plates illustrations
Notes:
Includes index.
Contents:
Beginnings -- A taste of thin air -- The savage mountain -- Frustration -- Turning the key -- Summits and betrayals -- A dream realised -- A higher goal -- High-altitude Hollywood -- Good days and bad -- A big day out -- The most dangerous mountain in the world -- Getting close -- Finish line -- The next step
ISBN:
9780522861921 (paperback)
Dewey class:
BIOGRAPHY LOCK
Language:
English
BRN:
1803
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penrith | Nonfiction | LOCK | Available |