Eiger Direct (eBook)
180 Seiten
Vertebrate Digital (Verlag)
978-1-912560-58-5 (ISBN)
John Harlin led the four-man British–American team and intended to make an Alpine-style dash for the summit as soon as weather conditions allowed. The Germans, with an eight-man team, planned a relentless Himalayan-style ascent, whatever the weather.
The authors were key participants as the dramatic events unfolded. Award-winning writer Peter Gillman, then twenty-three, was reporting for the Telegraph, talking to the climbers by radio and watching their monumental struggles from telescopes at the Kleine Scheidegg hotel. Renowned Scottish climber Dougal Haston was a member of Harlin's team, forging the way up crucial pitches on the storm-battered mountain. Chris Bonington began as official photographer but then played a vital role in the ascent.
Eiger Direct, first published in 1966, is a story of risk and resilience as the climbers face storms, frostbite and tragedy in their quest to reach the summit.
This edition features a new introduction by Peter Gillman.
Peter Gillman is an award-winning author and journalist. He was born in London in 1942 and edited Isis while at Oxford. He joined the Weekend Telegraph as a feature writer in 1965 and, a climber himself, covered the 1966 Eiger Direct for the Telegraph group, which sponsored the British–American team. He later spent twelve years as a feature writer and investigative reporter at the Sunday Times. He has written numerous books, including The Wildest Dream, a biography of George Mallory co-authored with his wife Leni, which won the Boardman Tasker Award for Mountain Literature in 2000. His writing has appeared throughout the national and specialist press, and he has won a record seven awards from the Outdoor Writers and Photographers Guild, some jointly with Leni, including one for their book Extreme Eiger, first published in 2015. He was elected chair of the OWPG in 2016. He also works as a trainer in journalism and writing and has presented workshops at the annual Byline journalism festival.
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 23.1.2020 |
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Illustrationen | Chris Bonington |
Verlagsort | London |
Sprache | englisch |
Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen | |
Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik | |
Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport | |
Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie | |
Schlagworte | ALPINE • Alps • ascent • Bernese • Chris Bonington • climber • Climbing • Death • Death Bivouac • Direttissima • dougal haston • Eigerwand • First Band • Flatiron • Fly • German • Grindelwald • Gunter Schnaidt • Gunther Strobel • high altitude • Icefield • John Harlin • Jorg Lehne • Karl Golikow • Layton Kor • Mountaineering • North face • Race • Roland Votteler • Rolf Rosenzopf • Scheidegg • Sigi Hupfauer • Spider • summit • Swiss • Switzerland • Tragedy |
ISBN-10 | 1-912560-58-5 / 1912560585 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-912560-58-5 / 9781912560585 |
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