The Mountains of My Life

Informationen zum Autor Walter Bonatti Klappentext Walter Bonatti was born in Bergamo on June 22, 1930. As a young man he dedicated himself to extreme alpinism, and from the age of 19 to 35, he became an expert climber. In 1954 he played a vital role in the success of the Italian expedition that achieved the first ascent of K2. After 1965 Bonatti gave up mountaineering, turning to photojournalism for the Italian magazine Epoca, and travelling to remote places. Zusammenfassung Collects Walter Bonatti's classic writings detailing his exploits on numerous expeditions to different mountains of the world, as well as the real story behind the controversy over the events on K2 that changed his life.

Product details

• Authors: Walter Bonatti, Bonatti Walter, Robert Marshall
• Assisted by: Robert Marshall (Translation)
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 27.05.2010
• EAN: 9780141192918
• ISBN: 978-0-14-119291-8
• No. of pages: 480
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 21 mm
• Series: Modern Classics; Penguin Modern Classics; MC TRANS TEXTS; Penguin Modern Classics; Penguin Classics; MC TRANS TEXTS
• Subjects: Guides > Sport > Other sports disciplines; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Diaries & Journals, SPORTS & RECREATION / Mountaineering, Climbing & mountaineering, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Letters, Climbing and mountaineering