Autobiography of Hermann Buhl, whose solo, unaided climb of Nanga Parbat is thought to be a greater achievement than Hillary and Tenzing's climb on Everest.
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Text: English (translation)
Original Language: German
Original Language: German
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
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One of the best...,
By Maurymeyer (Va) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Nanga Parbat Pilgrimage: The Lonely Challenge (Paperback)
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 ....
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Hermann was an awesome dude,
By Mad Dog "maddog6969" (TimbuckThree, Tennessee) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Nanga Parbat Pilgrimage: The Lonely Challenge (Paperback)
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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A great biography of Hermann Buhl,
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This book, written by Hermann Buhl, was largely re-written by his friend and editor Kurt Maix, at least according to Reinhold Messner, author of a climber's biography of Herman Buhl. This may be so, but I think this book conveys what Hermann Buhl wanted to say- after all he approved it.
While text such as "[my recollections of Nanga Parbat] are ... shining, alluring visions which sear one's heart and wipe out all memory of distress, worry, and disappointment" does not sound like his words, I think they well describe the sensation. And that is one of the key differences between this book and Messner's book, "Hermann Buhl- Climbing Without Compromise". This book conveys, as a detached writer would, the thoughts and feelings more than the exact words or technical details of Buhl's life. For those who prefer, or want additionally, to "hear" Buhl's own voice, and many more\technical details of his accomplishments, I recommend Messner's book. FYI, the 1987 Movie "The Climb" only covers Buhl's climb of Nanga Parbat, but keeps fairly close to what is described here, and even "quotes" Buhl from this book.
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I WAS born in Innsbruck; the Hills looked down into my cradle and I must have inherited my love for them, for my father loved to wander among the mountains. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
summit gully, subsidiary summit, overhanging crack, few pitons, old piton, whole climb, smooth crack, solo climb, smooth slab, short breather, bare ice Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Nanga Parbat, North Face, Base Camp, Western Alps, Mont Blanc, South Face, East Wall, Steinerne Rinne, Moor's Head, Rakhiot Peak, Wilde Kaiser, Kuno Rainer, South Wall, Mer de Glace, Bazhin Gap, Grands Charmoz, Mauk West Wall, Ellmauer Tor, Hias Rebitsch, Northern Range, Peter Aschenbrenner, Brenva Glacier, Falken Hut, Luis Vigl, North Ridge New!
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I WAS born in Innsbruck; the Hills looked down into my cradle and I must have inherited my love for them, for my father loved to wander among the mountains. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
summit gully, subsidiary summit, overhanging crack, few pitons, old piton, whole climb, smooth crack, solo climb, smooth slab, short breather, bare ice Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Nanga Parbat, North Face, Base Camp, Western Alps, Mont Blanc, South Face, East Wall, Steinerne Rinne, Moor's Head, Rakhiot Peak, Wilde Kaiser, Kuno Rainer, South Wall, Mer de Glace, Bazhin Gap, Grands Charmoz, Mauk West Wall, Ellmauer Tor, Hias Rebitsch, Northern Range, Peter Aschenbrenner, Brenva Glacier, Falken Hut, Luis Vigl, North Ridge New!
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- Summits and Secrets by Kurt Diemberger in Front Matter
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- Hermann Buhl: Climbing Without Compromise by Reinhold Messner on 10 pages
- Tigers of the Snow: How One Fateful Climb Made The Sherpas Mountaineering Legends by Sifu Jonathan Neale in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- A Price Guide to Books Concerning Mountaineering in the Himalayas (Mountaineering Book Price Guides, 2) by Dek Palmer on page 21, and page 134
- The American Alpine Journal 2001 by Christian Beckwith on page 423
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