Last Blue Mountain : The Great Karakoram Climbing Tragedy by Ralph Barker (2020, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherVertebrate Graphics The Limited

ISBN-101912560429

ISBN-139781912560424

eBay Product ID (ePID)5070939514

Product Key Features

Book TitleLast Blue Mountain : the Great Karakoram Climbing Tragedy

Number of Pages214 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2020

TopicAdventurers & Explorers, Mountaineering

IllustratorYes

GenreSports & Recreation, Biography & Autobiography

AuthorRalph Barker

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.8 in

Item Weight12.3 Oz

Item Length1.1 in

Item Width6.1 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition23

TitleLeadingThe

Dewey Decimal796.5220922

Table Of ContentIntroduction to the 2020 Edition by Ed Douglas Foreword to the 1959 Edition by Lord Hunt Author's Note 1 HARAMOSH 2 IN THE KUTWAL VALLEY 3 ABOVE THE HARAMOSH LA 4 TROUBLE WITH THE HUNZAS 5 THE LOST FOOD DUMP 6 THE CLIMB TO CAMP IV 7 THE SNOW CAVE 8 EMERY AND THE CREVASSE 9 THE AVALANCHE 10 THE SNOW BASIN 11 THE TREACHEROUS TRAVERSE 12 THE TRACKS DIVIDE 13 FIGHTING FOR LIFE 14 DISINTEGRATION 15 ALONE AT CAMP III 16 LAST NIGHTS ON THE MOUNTAIN Afterword Appendix: 'The Runcible Cat' by John Emery Photographs and Illustrations Index

Synopsis'When an accident occurs, something may emerge of lasting value, for the human spirit may rise to its greatest heights. This happened on Haramosh.' The Last Blue Mountain is the heart-rending true story of the 1957 expedition to Mount Haramosh in the Karakoram range in Pakistan. With the summit beyond reach, four young climbers are about to return to camp. Their brief pause to enjoy the view and take photographs is interrupted by an avalanche which sweeps Bernard Jillott and John Emery hundreds of feet down the mountain into a snow basin. Miraculously, they both survive the fall. Rae Culbert and Tony Streather risk their own lives to rescue their friends, only to become stranded alongside them. The group's efforts to return to safety are increasingly desperate, hampered by injury, exhaustion and the loss of vital climbing gear. Against the odds, Jillott and Emery manage to climb out of the snow basin and head for camp, hoping to reach food, water and assistance in time to save themselves and their companions from an icy grave. But another cruel twist of fate awaits them. An acclaimed mountaineering classic in the same genre as Joe Simpson's Touching the Void , Ralph Barker's The Last Blue Mountain is an epic tale of friendship and fortitude in the face of tragedy., 'When an accident occurs, something may emerge of lasting value, for the human spirit may rise to its greatest heights. This happened on Haramosh.' The Last Blue Mountain is the heart-rending true story of the 1957 expedition to Mount Haramosh in the Karakoram range in Pakistan. With the summit beyond reach, four young climbers are about to return to camp. Their brief pause to enjoy the view and take photographs is interrupted by an avalanche which sweeps Bernard Jillott and John Emery hundreds of feet down the mountain into a snow basin. Miraculously, they both survive the fall. Rae Culbert and Tony Streather risk their own lives to rescue their friends, only to become stranded alongside them. The group's efforts to return to safety are increasingly desperate, hampered by injury, exhaustion and the loss of vital climbing gear. Against the odds, Jillott and Emery manage to climb out of the snow basin and head for camp, hoping to reach food, water and assistance in time to save themselves and their companions from an icy grave. But another cruel twist of fate awaits them. An acclaimed mountaineering classic in the same genre as Joe Simpson 's Touching the Void , Ralph Barker's The Last Blue Mountain is an epic tale of friendship and fortitude in the face of tragedy., The Last Blue Mountain is the heart-rending true story of the 1957 expedition to Mount Haramosh in the Karakoram range in Pakistan. An avalanche leaves four young climbers stranded in a snow basin, desperately endeavouring to avoid an icy grave. Ralph Barker's book is a mountaineering classic about friendship and fortitude in the face of tragedy.