See buying choices for this item to see if it's one of the millions that are eligible for Amazon Prime.

10 used & new from $118.49

Have one to sell? Sell yours here
 
 
My Vertical World: Climbing the 8000-Metre Peaks
 
 
Tell the Publisher!
I’d like to read this book on Kindle

Don’t have a Kindle? Get yours here.
 
  

My Vertical World: Climbing the 8000-Metre Peaks (Hardcover)

by Jerzy Kukuczka (Author), Andrew Wielochowski (Translator)
4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)


Available from these sellers.


1 new from $252.65 9 used from $118.49

Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought


Editorial Reviews

Language Notes
Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Polish

Product Details

  • Hardcover: 189 pages
  • Publisher: Mountaineers Books (August 1992)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0898863449
  • ISBN-13: 978-0898863444
  • Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.4 x 0.9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,544,679 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Look Inside This Book

Tags Customers Associate with This Product

 (What's this?)
Click on a tag to find related items, discussions, and people.
Check the boxes next to the tags you consider relevant or enter your own tags in the field below.

Your tags: Add your first tag
 
Help others find this product — tag it for Amazon search
No one has tagged this product for Amazon search yet. Why not be the first to suggest a search for which it should appear?

Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store

If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store. Learn more

 

Customer Reviews

8 Reviews
5 star:
 (4)
4 star:
 (4)
3 star:    (0)
2 star:    (0)
1 star:    (0)
 
 
 
 
 
Average Customer Review
4.5 out of 5 stars (8 customer reviews)
 
 
 
 
Share your thoughts with other customers:
Most Helpful Customer Reviews

 
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A great book by a great climber, May 19, 2001
By Marcin K. Porwit (Bellevue, WA USA) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   
This is one of those rare autobiographies that manages to perfectly convey the incredible experiences that the author went through without self-aggrandization. Kukuczka is very modest in his accounts, telling the stories as if the events that befell him were the most normal in the world. The book gives great insight into what made Jerzy go forth and climb and also provides a great account of his day-to-day reality of organizing expeditions and the thrill of being in the mountains again.
Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)



 
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars An overlooked treasure, July 14, 1998
By John Lacey (San Luis Obispo, CA United States) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   
This overlooked book by the second man (after Reinhold Messner) to climb the world's fourteen 8000m peaks is a treasure. I found this a more emotional book than Jon Krakauer's /Into Thin Air/. This book gave me a better sense of what it's like to climb the highest mountains in the world, and a better sense of the unavoidable tragedies that occur there.
Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)



 
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Moving and honest reporting from the greatest climber of all, April 22, 1999
By Arun Mahajan (Palo Alto, California) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   
This is a great work. Leaves you in awe of Jerzy. He is a pure mountaineer, untrapped by the modern fad and not the one in search of fame or glory. His love of the Himalaya shines through. The amount of untold suffering and privation that he underwent to summit the hardest and the highest peaks in the world. He is a heroic and doomed figure, like some norse god. As you read the book and go through the chapters and read him talk of his friends that died on the mountains, you realise that it is only a matter of time before he will meet the same fate. One thinks that maybe Anatoly Boukreev might have been something like him. The hardship that Jerzy had to undergo to even get to the peaks is amazing. He was unsparing on himself, braving all that the mountains had to throw at him. A great man.
Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)


Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
 
 
Ad
 
Most Recent Customer Reviews

4.0 out of 5 stars A gripping high-altitude yarn...............
.....by one of the greatest mountaineers ever. Jerzy's first-hand account of his climbs puts you right in the climber's harness with him, as he conquers difficult obstacles in the... Read more
Published on May 16, 2006 by william chris anderson

4.0 out of 5 stars Jerzy REALLY wanted to climb
This book is not so much excellent because of expert wordsmithing, but because of the content. Kukuczka wanted to climb in the Himalaya so badly, he'd do anything to get there... Read more
Published on August 28, 2001 by Mad Dog

4.0 out of 5 stars Great true adventure story
Jerzy writes an excellent climbing book. He writes about struggling not only with the forces of nature in the Himalayan Mountains, but about his struggles to mount an expedition... Read more
Published on December 19, 2000 by Michal Warzecha

4.0 out of 5 stars 14 times eight: Jurek`s excellent adventures in Himalaya.
A well written, personal account from one of the strongest Himalayan climbers ever. Having read Messners "14x8" it is interesting to compare and contrast western and... Read more
Published on February 2, 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars This book helped me understand the thrill of climbing
As most of us I have always wondered what on earth makes those guys climb to "the top of the world", suffer bitter cold, dehydration and often death. Read more
Published on August 28, 1998 by koralgol@netrom.com

Only search this product's reviews



Customer Discussions

 Beta (What's this?)
New! See all customer communities, and bookmark your communities to keep track of them.
This product's forum (0 discussions)
  Discussion Replies Latest Post
  No discussions yet

Ask questions, Share opinions, Gain insight
Start a new discussion
Topic:
First post:
Prompts for sign-in
  [Cancel]


   


Product Information from the Amapedia Community

Beta (What's this?)



Look for Similar Items by Category


Up to 50% Off Chocolates

Leonidas Chocolates Sale
Save up to 50% on gourmet chocolates from Ghirardelli, Godiva, Leonidas Belgian Chocolates, and more from Amazon Gourmet.
 

Big Savings in Books

Bargain Books
Find great titles at fantastic prices in our Bargain Books Store.
 

Buy Three Books, Get a Fourth Free

4-for-3 Books
Order any four eligible books under $10 and get the lowest-price book free in our 4-for-3 Books Store. See more details.
 

Best Books

Best of the Month
See our editors' picks and more of the best new books on our Best of the Month page.
 
Ad

 

Feedback

If you need help or have a question for Customer Service, contact us.
 Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
Is there any other feedback you would like to provide?

Your comments can help make our site better for everyone.



Where's My Stuff?

Shipping & Returns

Need Help?

Your Recent History

  (What's this?)
You have no recently viewed items or searches.

After viewing product detail pages or search results, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in.

Look to the right column to find helpful suggestions for your shopping session.

Continue shopping: Top Sellers
Free
Free by Chris Anderson
Paranoia
Paranoia by Joseph Finder
My Soul to Lose
My Soul to Lose by Rachel Vincent
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 Doyle

Conditions of Use | Privacy Notice © 1996-2009, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates