Bibliograph

On thin ice, alpine climbs in the Americas, Asia and the Himalaya, Mick Fowler ; foreword by Chris Bonington

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On thin ice, alpine climbs in the Americas, Asia and the Himalaya, Mick Fowler ; foreword by Chris Bonington

Language

eng

resource.biographical

autobiography

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

On thin ice

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

850162043

Responsibility statement

Mick Fowler ; foreword by Chris Bonington

Sub title

alpine climbs in the Americas, Asia and the Himalaya

Summary

On Thin Ice is Mick Fowler's second set of climbing memoirs, following Vertical Pleasure. Here, the celebrated mountaineer records his expeditions since 1990. Despite work and family commitments, he has maintained a regular series of?big trips' to challenging objectives around the world with a sequence of major successes: Taweche (1995, with Pat Littlejohn), Changabang (1997, with Steve Sustad, Andy Cave and Brendan Murphy), Arwa Tower (1999, with Sustad), Mount Kennedy (2000, with Cave), Siguniang (2002, with Paul Ramsden). Siguniang's hard ice climbing on a fabulous face in deepest Ch

Table Of Contents

Foreword by Chris Bonington; Prologue; Background to it all; The Essential Components of Fun; Abseil Training on Ak-su; Taweche: North-East Buttress; Scottish Winter Climbing; Changabang 1997: Bureaucratic Bliss; Changabang 1997: Acclimatisation; Changabang 1997: the North Face; Changabang 1997: Tragedy and Survival; El Niño on Siula Chico; Arwa Tower -- Yosemite in the Garhwal; Filming on the Lofoten Islands with Dr Death; Mount Kennedy; The Elephant's Trunk of Etratat; Disappointment on Peak 43; Modern China: the Approach to Siguniang; Siguniang's Great White Dyke

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