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Winter 8000 : climbing the world's highest mountains in the coldest season Bernadette McDonald. [electronic book] /

By: Contributor(s): Material type: Computer fileComputer filePublisher: Sheffield : Vertebrate Publishing, ©2020Description: 1 online resource (256 pages) illustrations (black and white, and colour)Content type:
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  • still image
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  • computer
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  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781912560400
Subject(s): Online resources: Summary: Ferocious winds that can pick you up and throw you down, freezing temperatures that burn your lungs and numb your bones, weeks of psychological torment in dark isolation: these are adventures for those with an iron will and a ruthless determination. For the first time, award-winning author Bernadette McDonald tells the story of how Poland's ice warriors made winter their own, perfecting what they dubbed 'the art of suffering' as they fought their way to the summit of Everest in the winter of 1980 - the first 8,000-metre peak they climbed this way but by no means their last.
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Ferocious winds that can pick you up and throw you down, freezing temperatures that burn your lungs and numb your bones, weeks of psychological torment in dark isolation: these are adventures for those with an iron will and a ruthless determination. For the first time, award-winning author Bernadette McDonald tells the story of how Poland's ice warriors made winter their own, perfecting what they dubbed 'the art of suffering' as they fought their way to the summit of Everest in the winter of 1980 - the first 8,000-metre peak they climbed this way but by no means their last.

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