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Alpine Sports : 55 years of an Auckland Mountain Club 1929-1984
de Stan Forbes, Ian McNab
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- Usado - Very Good
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Very Good
- Edición
- First.
- Published
- 1986
- ISBN
- 9780473003951
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
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Otaki, NZL
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EUR 28.25
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First edition. Number 308 of limited edition of 1000.
" Original material, never widely available before, reveals the major contribution such clubs have made to New Zealand society. As tramping, climbing and ski-ing developed so rescue organisations were formed, which very early on were involved with helping people who belonged to no club. At the same time members were exploring… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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Mountains of the Gods
de Ian Cameron
- Estado
- Usado - Very Good+
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Very Good
- Edición
- First
- Published
- 1984
- ISBN
- 9780816012428
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
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Otaki, NZL
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EUR 11.30
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First edition.
"Rearing nearly five miles into the skies, the Himalaya are the most magnificent range on earth. Yet they are only part of an even greater mountain complex which includes the Hindu Kush, Karakoram, Pamirs, Tien Shan and Kun Lun. Eminently readable, Mountain of the Gods tells the story of this whole complex from its formation to present day."
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Everest The Unclimbed Ridge
de Chris Bonington Charles Clarke
- Estado
- Usado - Near Fine
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Very good
- Edición
- First
- Published
- 1983
- ISBN
- 9780340332382
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
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Otaki, NZL
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EUR 14.12
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First edition.
"Whilst we shall never know the last tragic moments of the 1982 British Everest Expedition's final assault, this book records the team's progress to the once Forbidden City of Lhasa, across Tibet and to the unknown North East Ridge. It is the personal story of Chris Bonington, the leader, and Charles Clarke the expedition doctor; redolent in climbing… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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Everest South West Face
de Chris Bonington
- Estado
- Usado - Very Good
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Very Good
- Edición
- First
- Published
- 1973
- ISBN
- 9780340169728
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
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First edition.
This book "stands out among mountaineering records because of the author's intense interest in the human side of the expedition, the reactions of the men to the mountain, to the almost unimaginable force of the wind, the cold down to -40 degrees F, the demands on physical and mental strength. The stark, ugly South West Face is here… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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Kongur China's Elusive Summit
de Chris Bonington
- Estado
- Usado - Very Good
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Very Good
- Edición
- First
- Published
- 1982
- ISBN
- 9780340265147
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
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First edition.
"The 1981 climbing team of Chris Bonington, Peter Boardman, Al Rouse and Joe Tasker were at first halted by appalling weather, by frighteningly unconsolidated snow, and the sheer deceptive scale of the final summit pyramid at whose foot they turned back. This distinctive triangle of steep ice-clad rock which formed the crux of the climb remained remote, seldom… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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Snow Structures and Ski Fields
de G Seligman
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- Usado - Very Good
- Edición
- Second
- Published
- 1962
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- 1
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Second edition. (First edition 1936.)
"This book is an attempt to describe and explain the prime causes of snow phenomena so that the reader will be able to understand them when he meets them, and thus, by thinking out the sequels for himself, acquire experience with greater ease and in a manner hitherto impossible for him."
This book originates from the… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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The Avalanche Enigma
de Colin Fraser
- Estado
- Usado - Very Good
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Very Good
- Edición
- First
- Published
- 1966
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
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First edition.
Colin Fraser " is one of the many men who have been captivated by the complex and unpredictable nature of avalanches, by their enormous destructive power, and by their capriciousness, by which, for example, an avalance may come down a given slope only once in 500 years."
This book originates from the personal library of the late… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada
de Clarence King
- Estado
- Usado - Very Good
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Very Good
- Edición
- First UK edition
- Published
- 1947
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
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EUR 33.90
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First UK edition.
"King was a man of rare cultivation and with an enormous zest for life, and his vigorous book is filled with freshness and sensibility, with delight in nature and wild life, and with whimsical and humourous observations."
This book originates from the personal library of the late Arnold J. Heine QSM, ONZM, Polar Medal.
The dustjacket has… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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Hall and Ball Kiwi Mountaineers: From Mount Cook to Everest
de Colin Monteath
- Estado
- Usado - Near Fine
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Very Good
- Edición
- First
- Published
- 1997
- ISBN
- 9780473041298
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
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EUR 50.85
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Signed first edition.
" As expedition climbers, Rod Hall and Gary Ball formed the most dynamic and accomplished mountaineering partnership New Zealand has ever seen. With 47 international expeditions between them, to some of the highest and remotest peaks in the world, they ventured to all seven continents."
"This vibrant, widely researched and profusely illustrated story takes the reader on… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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Joy of the Mountains. A Climber's Life.
de John Wilson
- Estado
- Usado - Near Fine
- Edición
- First
- Published
- 2012
- Encuadernación
- Softcover
- ISBN
- 9780908714117
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
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Otaki, NZL
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EUR 19.78
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First edition.
"No death in the middle years of the 20th century affected the New Zealand climbing community more than the loss of John Harrison in the Mount Rolleston tragedy of June 1966. John was one of the most admired climbers of his generation. His loss was felt keenly not only because of his achievements as a mountaineer in New… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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