Annapurna South Face |
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Annapurna South Face: The Classic Account of Survival Sir Chris Bonington, C.B.E. No preview available - 2001 |
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acclimatized Altitude rations Annapurna II approach march arête ascent Base Camp belay bergschrund carry Chris Chris Bonington climbers climbing cloud crampons crest cubes 2 double Dave Lambert difficult Don and Dougal Don Whillans double cubes Dougal Haston Eiger Everest expedition feeling feet of rope felt ferrying fixed rope foot front Frost gear glacier going gully Gurkha High Altitude Himalayan huge hundred feet Ian Clough ice cliff Ice Ridge jumar Katmandu Kelvin Kelvin Kent loads looked Machapuchare Martin Boysen Mick Burke Mike Thompson Modi Khola morning mountain move Nepal Nepalese Nick and Martin Nick Estcourt night oxygen pair Pasang Peak piton pkts Pokhara porters pulled push radio reached Camp rest Rock Band Rognon round route seemed Sherpas sleeping-bag slope South Face started steep summit T.V. team tablets Temporary Base tent tired Tom Frost took traverse wall Whillans Box
References to this book
Life and Death on Mt. Everest: Sherpas and Himalayan Mountaineering Sherry B. Ortner Limited preview - 1999 |