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Fiva: An Adventure That Went Wrong
Gordon Stainforth
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Description for Fiva: An Adventure That Went Wrong
Paperback. In the summer of 1969, as Apollo 11 was blasting off to the moon, two teenage twin brothers, with only three years' mountaineering experience, set off to climb one of the highest rock faces in Europe. This title offers a true account from Gordon Stainforth of a near-death experience on a mountain in Norway in 1969. Num Pages: 224 pages, 24 b&w photos, 3 maps/diagrams. BIC Classification: 1DNN; 3JJPK; BTP; WSZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 17. Weight in Grams: 298. An Adventure That Went Wrong. 224 pages, 24 b&w photos, 3 maps/diagrams. In the summer of 1969, as Apollo 11 was blasting off to the moon, two teenage twin brothers, with only three years' mountaineering experience, set off to climb one of the highest rock faces in Europe. This title offers a true account from Gordon Stainforth of a near-death experience on a mountain in Norway in 1969. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DNN; 3JJPK; BTP; WSZG. Dimension: 196 x 132 x 17. Weight: 300.
Fiva: An Adventure That Went Wrong is the epic true account from Gordon Stainforth of a near-death experience on a mountain in Norway in 1969. In the summer of 1969, as Apollo 11 was blasting off to the moon, two teenage twin brothers, with only three years' mountaineering experience, set off to climb one of the highest rock faces in Europe. With just two bars of chocolate, some sandwiches, a four-sentence route description and an old sketch map, they left their tent early one morning with the full expectation of being back in time for tea. Within a few ... Read more
Fiva: An Adventure That Went Wrong is the epic true account from Gordon Stainforth of a near-death experience on a mountain in Norway in 1969. In the summer of 1969, as Apollo 11 was blasting off to the moon, two teenage twin brothers, with only three years' mountaineering experience, set off to climb one of the highest rock faces in Europe. With just two bars of chocolate, some sandwiches, a four-sentence route description and an old sketch map, they left their tent early one morning with the full expectation of being back in time for tea. Within a few ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Golden Arrow Books
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Derbyshire, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780957054301
SKU
V9780957054301
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Reviews for Fiva: An Adventure That Went Wrong
'What a brilliant and refreshing read! Once started you just can't put it down.' Sir Chris Bonington CBE. 'Absolutely superb and totally gripping from the first few pages until the end. What an adventure! I think it's a future classic.' Richard Else, TV Producer. 'This magnificent book, enjoyed enormously during wet leaf delays at Clapham, was a breath of civilised ... Read more