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Carregando... Minus 148 Degrees: The First Winter Ascent of Mount McKinley (1969)de Art Davidson
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Registre-se no LibraryThing tpara descobrir se gostará deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. Great tale about a challenging climb that could be defined as somewhere between a comedy of errors and an heroic great. More so than other similar such tales of exploration adventure, this is so focused on the individuals' own personal feelings and thoughts, so introspective, so honest, that it really seems it apart from the rest. ( ) Good, but only average for the genre. The climbers themselves seem a bit lukewarm about the whole thing—not surprising given the grim difficulties and disasters they face. They reach the summit in the dark, where they can't see anything except detritus from other climbers. What's the point? > Sheldon's own on-the-spot description of the storm ran something like: "Yea, I was hucklebuck'n on up there to take a look at ma boys, when I look out the window … Whoa … I seen this ridge just standin' still. I look down at my speedometer and it says 140 miles per hour. Yowza, I had to fly 140 just to keep even with that ol' wind!" “Altitude was heckling my mind.” Not nice. But the author and his companions, on an expedition to accomplish the first wintertime ascent of Mt. McKinley, managed to keep their wits when failing would have killed them. Minus 148° is that story. For the first two-thirds of the book, the author’s account of the great difficulties experienced by the expedition is absorbing but also ordinary for this genre. Then, beginning with the chapter titled “March 1: –148°,” on that page and after, the manner of telling and what is told become superb. I would not ask that Art Davidson had done it better. A re-publication; an expedition sets out to climb Mt Mckinley (Denali) in Alaska in the winter. Only three of them "summit", then are caught in a storm, the waiting party of four separates after they think the other three surely are dead. In the end all are rescued, although the party lost one man in a crevasse early in the climb. This version contains information on what each of the party is doing now, and other winter climbs that have been attempted on the mountain
This finely crafted adventure tale runs on adrenaline but also something else: brutal honesty.
"This finely crafted adventure tale runs on adrenaline but also something else: brutal honesty." -The Wall Street Journal "I couldn't lay it down until it was all finished (12:40 a.m. )... A fascinating and beautifully-written story." -Bradford Washburn * One of National Geographic Adventure's "The 100 Greatest Adventure Books of All Time" * Spring 2013 marks the 100th anniversary of the first ascent of Mount McKinley * New edition includes a revised preface, new prologue, and new afterword describing more recent winter attempts on McKinley In 1967, eight men attempted North America's highest summit: Mount McKinley (now known as Denali) had been climbed before--but never in winter. Plagued by doubts and cold, group tension and a crevasse tragedy, the expedition tackled McKinley in minimal hours of daylight and fierce storms. They were trapped at three different camps above 14,000 feet during a six-day blizzard and faced the ultimate low temperature of -148 F. "Minus 148 " is Art Davidson's stunning personal narrative, supplemented by diary excerpts from team members George Wichman, John Edwards, Dave Johnston, and Greg Blomberg. Davidson retells the team's fears and frictions--and ultimate triumph--with an honesty that has made this gripping survival story a mountaineering classic for over 40 years. "Minus 148 " is featured among many best of reading lists, including National Geographic Adventure's "The 100 Greatest Adventure Books of all Time." "At twenty-two I came to regard the first expedition to Mt. McKinley in the winter as a journey into an unexplored land. No one had lived on North America's highest ridges in the winter twilight. No one knew how low the temperatures would drop, or how penetrating the cold would be when the wind blew. For thousands of years McKinley's storms had raged by themselves." --Minus 148 " Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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