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On Thin Ice: Alpine Climbs in the Americas, Asia and the Himalaya
Mick Fowler
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Description for On Thin Ice: Alpine Climbs in the Americas, Asia and the Himalaya
Hardcover. The second volume of Mick Fowler's autobiography, On Thin Ice covers his alpine climbs in the Americas and Asia, and the Himalayan challenges attempted while holding down a nine-to-five job and raising a family. A combination of exotic travel with major ascents provide the reader with the ultimate adrenalin-soaked 'holiday experience'! Num Pages: 224 pages, 36 pages of colour photos. BIC Classification: 1F; 1FKAH; 1K; WSZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 159 x 26. Weight in Grams: 564. Alpine Climbs in the Americas, Asia and the Himalaya. 224 pages, 36 pages of colour photos. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1F; 1FKAH; 1K; WSZG. Dimension: 242 x 159 x 26. Weight: 566.
On Thin Ice is Mick Fowler's second set of climbing memoirs, following Vertical Pleasure. Here, the celebrated mountaineer records his expeditions since 1990 where, despite work and family commitments, he maintained a regular series of 'big trips' to challenging objectives around the world with a sequence of major successes. The combination of exotic travel with major climbs provides the ultimate adrenalin-soaked holiday experience that Mick Fowler has mastered to the full. We are transported from the cliffs of Jordan to remote peaks in deepest Asia via Taweche and Changabang in the Himalaya, with jaunts to the Andes and Alaska ... Read more
On Thin Ice is Mick Fowler's second set of climbing memoirs, following Vertical Pleasure. Here, the celebrated mountaineer records his expeditions since 1990 where, despite work and family commitments, he maintained a regular series of 'big trips' to challenging objectives around the world with a sequence of major successes. The combination of exotic travel with major climbs provides the ultimate adrenalin-soaked holiday experience that Mick Fowler has mastered to the full. We are transported from the cliffs of Jordan to remote peaks in deepest Asia via Taweche and Changabang in the Himalaya, with jaunts to the Andes and Alaska ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Baton Wicks Publications
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Macclesfield, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781898573586
SKU
V9781898573586
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Ref
99-45
About Mick Fowler
Mick Fowler was introduced to climbing in the Swiss and French Alps by his father when he was 13. During his teenage years he developed an enthusiasm for exploratory climbing which has seen him establish new climbs at or near the top of most fields of climbing over the last 35 years. He has made first ascents and challenging climbs ... Read more
Reviews for On Thin Ice: Alpine Climbs in the Americas, Asia and the Himalaya
'The paradox of a highly professional tax man being arrested for climbing has the hint of iconic myth about it, and deliberately taps into the anarchic, anti-establishment impulse seemingly ingrained in all serious climbers.' (Tim Noble, Climbers' Club Journal). 'We are invited to visit places from Jordan to the Himalaya and share in activities of a collection of climbing partners ... Read more