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Fall of Heaven: Whymper's Tragic Matterhorn Clim- Messner, 1680510851, paperback
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Artist
- Messner, Reinhold; Bierling, Billi [Translator]
- ISBN
- 1680510851
- Book Title
- Fall of Heaven : Whymper's Tragic Matterhorn Climb
- Publisher
- Mountaineers Books, T.H.E.
- Item Length
- 8.9 in
- Publication Year
- 2017
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 0.6 in
- Genre
- Sports & Recreation, History
- Topic
- Europe / Italy, Europe / Western, Mountaineering
- Item Weight
- 10.9 Oz
- Item Width
- 6.2 in
- Number of Pages
- 224 Pages
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As Fall of Heaven begins, we join professional mountain guide Jean-Antoine Carrel as he tries and fails, again and again, to summit the Matterhorn--one of the most famous and iconic peaks in the Alps. Is it the "Devil's mountain," as the locals call it? Should he heed the village priest who warned that its summit was not meant to be climbed? Carrel is undeterred, he just needs capable climbers to join him. Enter Edward Whymper, who in 1861 at the age of 21 decided--unbeknownst to Carrel--that he would be the first to climb the Matterhorn. So the storyline is set, except that where Carrel is captivating, Whymper is utterly unsympathetic as an adventurer. He is mean and disdainful of guides, describing them as little more than porters who eat and drink too much. Despite this attitude, Whymper's quest leads him inexorably into partnership with Carrel. The story follows their many attempts to find a route to the top of the Matterhorn, but then fate pulls them apart just as Whymper finds the line. His successful summit on July 14, 1865, in which Carrel did not take part, shocked the Victorian world with both awe and revulsion as four members of Whymper's party died in frightening falls. Famed climber and author Reinhold Messner acknowledges that Whymper was the first man to summit the Matterhorn, the last of the great Alpine peaks to be climbed and representing the beginning of an age of alpinism based on difficulty rather than conquest. But rather than leaving a hero's legacy, Whymper is revealed as the Captain Ahab of alpinism, a team leader who accepted no responsibility for the deaths of his teammates. Fall of Heaven is an exciting tale and an examination of the different types of men who were caught up in the adventuring spirit of the Victorian age, and the ironic fates that can follow success or failure.
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Publisher
Mountaineers Books, T.H.E.
ISBN-10
1680510851
ISBN-13
9781680510850
eBay Product ID (ePID)
239685982
Product Key Features
Book Title
Fall of Heaven : Whymper's Tragic Matterhorn Climb
Number of Pages
224 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2017
Topic
Europe / Italy, Europe / Western, Mountaineering
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Sports & Recreation, History
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
10.9 Oz
Item Length
8.9 in
Item Width
6.2 in
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Messner's key message is that mountaineers should be judged in broader terms than specific firsts. In other words: style matters.
Lccn
2017-022811
Lc Classification Number
Gv199.44.M37m47 2017
Copyright Date
2017
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