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The Villain by Jim Perrin (Hardcover, 2005)
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A great read and biography of one of the countries greatest and most controversial mountaineers of the 20th Century. The author is well known for his writing on the outdoors and of mountains and mountaineers / climbers.
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Don Whillans has an iconic significance for generations of climbers. His epoch-making first ascent of Annapurna's South Face, achieved with Dougal Haston in 1970, remains one of the most impressive climbs ever made, a standard to which all modern Himalayan climbers aspire -but behind this and all his other formidable achievements lies a tough, recalcitrant reality- the character of the man himself. At twenty, Whillans was 5 foot 4 inches tall, a working-class lad with the build of a miniature Atlas. Within a year of entering the climbing world in 1950 he had acquired parallel reputations of great skill and daring on the one hand, and as a hell-raiser, a scrapper and a savage-tongued wit on the other - the Villain of the title, who was turned down for a Queen's Birthday Honour because of a violent fracas with several policemen. His world was miles away from the conventional public-school environment of the upper-class climbers who had for so long dominated the sport, and this itself led to tensions throughout his life. Whillans carried within himself a sense of personal invincibility, forceful, direct and uncompromising. It gave him sporting superstar status - the flawed heProduct Identifiers
PublisherCornerstone
ISBN-139780091794385
eBay Product ID (ePID)88791179
Product Key Features
Book TitleThe Villain
AuthorJim Perrin
FormatHardcover
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2005
GenreBiographies & True Stories, Sports
Number of Pages368 Pages
Dimensions
Item Weight651g
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorJim Perrin
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
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- 17 Oct, 2021
Great read for climbers and non climbers
Great insight into the life of a ‘maverick’Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
