The Eiger Obsession: Facing the Mountain That Killed My Father

作者 John Harlin III著
出版社 Arrow
出版时间 2009年6月
ISBN 9780099525141
定价 101.50

内容简介

Inthe1960sanAmericannamedJohnHarlinIIchangedthefaceofAlpineclimbing.HarlinsuccessfullysummittedsomeofthemosttreacherousmountainsinEurope.ButitwastheNorthFaceoftheEigerthatbecameHarlin'sobsession.JohnHarlinIIIwasnineyearsoldwhenhisfatherputtogetheraterrificteamforanill-fateddirectascentofthenotoriousEiger.WhenHarlin'sropebroke,2,000feetfromthesummit,heplummeted4,000feettohisdeath.Intheshadowoftragedy,youngJohnHarlinIIIcameofagepossessedwiththeverysamepassionforriskthatdrovehisfather.Foryearshesuccessfullydeniedthesirencallofthemountainthatkilledhisfather.Butin2005,JohnHarlincouldresistnolonger.Withhisdaughter,Siena-hisveryageatthetimeofhisfather'sdeath-andwithanIMAXTheatrefilmmakingcrewwatching,hesetofftowardstheEiger.Thisisanunforgettablestoryaboutfathersandsons,climbersandmountains,anddreamerswhodaretochallengetheearth.

作者简介

JohnHarlinIIIiseditoroftheAmericanAlpineJournalandcontributingeditorforBackpacker.AformercohostofPBS'sAnyplaceWild,Harlinisafrequentcontributortonumerouspublications,includingOutsidemagazine.HelivesinHoodRiver,Oregon,andOaxaca,Mexico,withhiswife,AdeleHammondandtheirdaughter,Siena.

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