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Expeditions
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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Expeditions
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Andrew Lindblade
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:240 |
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| Category/Genre | Climbing and mountaineering
Travel writing |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9781876719319
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| Classifications | Dewey:796.522092 |
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| Illustrations |
colour illustrations, 8 maps
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Hardie Grant Books
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| Imprint |
Hardie Grant Books
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| Publication Date |
2 March 2001 |
| Publication Country |
Australia
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Description
A series of accounts of expeditions undertaken by Australia's most exciting young mountaineer, Andrew Lindblade. There are several climbs shared with the reader in the book, including the amazing Fitzroy and Cerro Torre, Patagonia to Thalay Sagar's north face, Himalaya. Part mountaineering book and part travelogue.
Author Biography
Andrew Lidblade is active on the world mountaineering scene at the elite level. He was awarded the prestigious international mountaineering prize, the Piolet d'Or in 1998.
Reviews"With brutal honesty, Andrew Lindblade has filled these pages with the fear, excitement, loneliness, bone-numbing cold, desperation, and heavenly joy of climbing on some of the most beautiful and difficult precipices on earth." -Tim Macartney-Snape
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