The Villain - The Life of Don Whillans

Informationen zum Autor Jim Perrin is one of Britain's most highly regarded travel writers and was one of the best British rock-climbers - with many new routes, significant solo ascents and free ascents at the top standards of the day. He is a regular contributor to the Guardian , the Daily Telegraph , Climber , The Great Outdoors and broadcasts regularly on radio. His biography, Menlove , was the first outright winner of the Boardman Tasker Prize, for which all of his subsequent books have been shortlisted. His previous book, Travels with The Flea and Other Eccentric Journeys , was published to critical acclaim in 2002. Klappentext Whillan's ascent of Annapurna's South Face has become a standard to which modern Himalayan climbers aspire. However behind this and his many other achievements lies a working class hero whose reputation for hell-raising ranks alongside the likes of George Best and John McEnroe. Zusammenfassung Don Whillans has an iconic significance for generations of climbers. His epoch-making first ascent of Annapurna's South Face, achieved with Dougal Haston in 1970, remains one of the most impressive climbs ever made - but behind this and all his other formidable achievements lies a tough, recalcitrant reality: the character of the man himself.

Product details

• Authors: Jim Perrin, Perrin Jim
• Publisher: Arrow
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 06.04.2006
• EAN: 9780099416722
• ISBN: 978-0-09-941672-2
• No. of pages: 384
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 23 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Guides > Sport > Other sports disciplines; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; Bergsteigen und Klettern, SPORTS & RECREATION / Mountaineering, Climbing & mountaineering, Climbing and mountaineering