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Title: Nanga Parbat Pilgrimage: The Lonely Challenge by Hermann Buhl ISBN: 0-89886-610-3 Publisher: Mountaineers Books Pub. Date: February, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.4 (5 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: an average book from one of the best climbers in history
Comment: Everyone interested in Alpine and Himalayan mountain climbing knows of Herman Buhl (Messner considers him the best climber of all time). His feat of survival alone in a bivouac above 8,000 meters on Nanga Parbat is among the most remarkable achievements in the history of Himalayan Mountaineering!
And here is the most significant area where the book comes up short -- it devotes only a short section, at the very end of the book, to this remarkable expedition. Do not be mislead by the title -- this is not a book about this expedition -- it is an autobiography of Buhl, highlighting some of his remarkable achievements in climbing in the Alps.
My second concern about the book is related to the author's style. Of course, it is a matter of personal preference, but I find Buhl's writing as uninspired and dry, as his climbing capacities are outstanding. One simple comparison of the description of the same episode (climbing the north face of the Eiger) by Buhl as compared to that by Gaston Rebuffat (I highly recommend his book "Starlight and Storm"; they found themselves climbing the Eiger at the same time) clearly shows the much more inspired writing of the French (not to mention that Buhl does not even mention Rebuffat, a well known climber in the Alps by then, by name).
If you are really interested in Herman Buhl, I recommend "Climbing Without Compromise", or the "Kurt Diemberger Omnibus".
Rating: 5
Summary: One of the best...
Comment: This is without a doubt one of the two best mountaineering books. Incredible stories of close shaves and lucky escapes make it clear that the final ending on Chogolisa was bound to happen sooner or later. Only Terray's "Conquistadors of the Useless" reaches the same heights. They don't write them like this anymore ....
Rating: 5
Summary: Hermann was an awesome dude
Comment: You might not find the literary style of this book to be a knockout, but, like Jerzy Kukuzka's "My Vertical World", the content will probably blow you away. Hermann fought his way past numerous obstacles on his way to the summit of Nanga and did so with impeccable style. It's a guaranteed classic.
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Title: Conquistadors of the Useless: From the Alps to Annapurna by Lionel Terray ISBN: 0898867789 Publisher: Mountaineers Books Pub. Date: May, 2001 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: White Spider: The Classic Account of the Ascent of the Eiger by Heinrich Harrer, Hugh Merrick ISBN: 0874779405 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: October, 1998 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: The Mountains of My Life by Walter Bonatti, Robert Marshall ISBN: 037575640X Publisher: Modern Library Pub. Date: 06 March, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: All Fourteen 8,000ers by Reinhold Messner ISBN: 089886660X Publisher: Mountaineers Books Pub. Date: 01 November, 1999 List Price(USD): $40.00 |
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Title: Starlight and Storm by Gaston Rebuffat, David Roberts, John Hunt, Wilfried Noyce ISBN: 0375755063 Publisher: Modern Library Pub. Date: 07 September, 1999 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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