Nanga Parbat Pilgrimage: The Lonely Challenge

Nanga Parbat Pilgrimage: The Lonely Challenge
by Hermann Buhl

Nanga Parbat Pilgrimage: The Lonely Challenge
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Author: Hermann Buhl
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1998-12
ISBN: 0898866103
Number of pages: 384
Publisher: Mountaineers Books

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Book Review: LAST MAN STANDING
Summary: 5 Stars

I have just reread this classic in English. Hermann Buhl was the best mountaineer the earth had ever given birth to. The conqueror of Nanga Parbat and Falchen Kangi, one of two people who devirginized 2 eight-thousanders, along with Kurt Diemberger. His all ascents stand in contrast with the siege methods of the time, but the ascent of Nanga Parbat set the limit of endurance and courage, to be met decades later. His style compares to the style Mount Everest was ascended in the same way as Jerzy Kukuczka's 14-summits compare to Reinhold Messner's, respectively.

Summary of Nanga Parbat Pilgrimage: The Lonely Challenge

Autobiography of Hermann Buhl, whose solo, unaided climb of Nanga Parbat is thought to be a greater achievement than Hillary and Tenzing's climb on Everest.

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