Thieves, Liars and Mountaineers: On the 8,000m peak circus in Pakistan

Thieves, Liars and Mountaineers: On the 8,000m peak circus in Pakistan - Footsteps on the Mountain Diaries

Revised ed.

Paperback (12 May 2017)

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Publisher's Synopsis

This is the tale of Mark Horrell's not-so-nearly ascent of Gasherbrum in Pakistan, of how one man's boredom and frustration was conquered by a gutsy combination of exhaustion, cowardice, and sheer mountaineering incompetence.

He made not one, not two, but three intrepid assaults, some of which got quite a distance beyond Base Camp, and overcame many perilous circumstances along the way. The mountaineer Joe Simpson famously crawled for three days with a broken leg, but did he ever have to read Angels and Demons by Dan Brown while waiting for a weather window?

But that's enough about Mark's attempt; there were some talented climbers on the mountain as well, and this story is also about them. How did they get on? Heroes, villains, oddballs and madmen - 8,000m peaks attract them all, and drama, intrigue and cock-ups aplenty were inevitable.

Book information

ISBN: 9780993413087
Publisher: Mountain Footsteps Press
Imprint: Mountain Footsteps Press
Pub date:
Edition: Revised ed.
Language: English
Number of pages: 208
Weight: 276g
Height: 139mm
Width: 215mm
Spine width: 17mm