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Forever on the Mountain: The Truth Behind One of Mountaineering´s Most Controversial and Mysterious Disasters
James M. Tabor
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Description for Forever on the Mountain: The Truth Behind One of Mountaineering´s Most Controversial and Mysterious Disasters
Paperback. Winner of the 2007 Banff Mountain Festival Book Awards Grand Prize (The Phyllis & Don Munday Award): "A riveting account of a long-ago mountaineering disaster."-Time Num Pages: 432 pages, maps; 8 pages of photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBWK; WSZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 136 x 37. Weight in Grams: 488.
In 1967, seven young men, members of a twelve-man expedition led by twenty-four-year-old Joe Wilcox, were stranded at 20,000 feet on Alaska’s Mount McKinley in a vicious Arctic storm. Ten days passed while the storm raged, yet no rescue was mounted. All seven perished in what remains the most tragic expedition in American climbing history.
Revisiting the event in the tradition of Norman Maclean’s Young Men and Fire, James M. Tabor uncovers elements of controversy, finger-pointing, and cover-up that make this disaster unlike any other.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
Number of Pages
432
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780393331967
SKU
V9780393331967
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About James M. Tabor
James M. Tabor, a former contributing editor to Outside, attempted Mount McKinley and summitted Mount Sanford. He hosted the PBS series The Great Outdoors and cocreated the History Channel series Journey to the Center of the World. He lives in Waitsfield, Vermont.
Reviews for Forever on the Mountain: The Truth Behind One of Mountaineering´s Most Controversial and Mysterious Disasters
"A shrewd and penetrating investigation of one of climbing’s greatest tragedies, Forever on the Mountain grapples with the most fundamental questions of risk and responsibility."
David Roberts, author of Limits of the Known "Just as good as Into Thin Air…A spell binder."
The Sun Times "Some welcome perspective on an enduringly painful episode of mountaineering history…Tabor analyzes this ... Read more
David Roberts, author of Limits of the Known "Just as good as Into Thin Air…A spell binder."
The Sun Times "Some welcome perspective on an enduringly painful episode of mountaineering history…Tabor analyzes this ... Read more