Portrait of a Mountaineer [Paperback]

Don Whillans (Author), Alick Ormerod (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics) (July 30, 1976)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 014003627X
• ISBN-13: 978-0140036275
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 4.4 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #966,257 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars the Don Whillans autobiography, August 11, 2001

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Richard J Wyatt (Fortaleza Brazil) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Don Whillans: Portrait of a Mountaineer (Hardcover)

A first class account of "the villain"'s adventures as one of the greatest mountaineers of the period 1950 - 1980. Lucid and objective writing - his accounts of the same climb - for example the west face of the Dru - can be compared to those of his companion Joe Brown (The Hard Years pub. 1967) and often they are sharper...

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Don Whillans: portrait of a mountaineer - revisted, May 18, 2003

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Jim Chadwick (United Kingdom) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Don Whillans: Portrait of a Mountaineer (Hardcover)

I am fortunate to own an original, autographed edition of this book. I have been re-reading it, probabley for the first time in almost twenty years. It is still a very enjoyable book. The narrative,by co-author Alick Ormerod, interspersed with Don's own words makes the story always interesting.

Unfortunately the book finishes with a brief mention of Don's triumph on Annapurna in the early '70's and there is nothing to bring it up to date until his early death in the '80's.

The book gives an enthralling glimpse into the Whillans-Brown partnership of the 1950's. Not to be missed by anyone interested in British climbing and maountaineering.