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Climbing » Narratives

The Magicians Glass

Character and fate: Eight essays on climbing

£14.95

'How much risk is worth taking for so beautiful a prize?'

The Magician's Glass by award-winning writer Ed Douglas is a collection of eight recent essays on some of the biggest stories and best-known personalities in the world of climbing.

In the title essay, he writes about failure on Annapurna III in 1981, one of the boldest attempts in Himalayan mountaineering on one of the most beautiful lines - a line that remains unclimbed to this day.

Douglas writes about bitter controversies, like that surrounding Ueli Steck's disputed solo ascent of of the south face of Annapurna, the fate of Toni Egger on Cerro Torre in 1959 - when Cesare Maestri claimed the pair had made the first ascent, and the rise and fall of Slovenian ace Tomaz Humar. There are profiles of two stars of the 1980s: the much-loved German Kurt Albert, the father of the 'redpoint', and the enigmatic rock star Patrick Edlinger, a national hero in his native France who lost his way.

In Crazy Wisdom, Douglas offers fresh perspectives on the impact mountaineering has on local communities and the role climbers play in the developing world. The final essay explores the relationship between art and alpinism as a way of understanding why it is that people climb mountains.

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£14.95

Cordee Code: CNM132
Author: Ed Douglas
No of Pages: 192
Page Size: 156 x 234 mm
ISBN 10: 1911342487
ISBN 13: 9781911342489
Publisher: Vertebrate Publishing
Published Date: July 2017
Edition: 1st ed, July 2017
Binding: Paperback
Weight: 330g

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