Details
PUBLISHED
[United States] : W F Howes, 2022
Made available through hoopla
Made available through hoopla
EDITION
Unabridged
DESCRIPTION
1 online resource (1 audio file (14hr., 49 min.)) : digital
ISBN/ISSN
9781004111503 MWT15464701, 1004111509 15464701
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Read by Sam Stafford
Through the seventies and into the mid-eighties a cohort of young climbers challenged the siege mentality of their seniors on high mountains in the Greater Ranges with fast moving, lightweight expeditions run on a shoestring. Brian Hall was one of them and, in High Risk, he describes their daring adventures and the counterculture they lived within, their rivalries and relationships, and the terrible price many of them paid. When all was done, they had raised the standards of mountaineering by changing its style and ethics
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