Starlight and Storm
The Conquest of the Great North Faces of the Alps
Published on 7. September 1999
Book
Paperback/Softback
272 pages
978-0-375-75506-4 (ISBN)
Description
A legendary Alpine guide tells of his ascent of the treacherous north faces of six of Europe's greatest peaks: the Grand Jorasses, the Piz Badile, the Drus, the Matterhorn, the Cima Grande di Lavaredo, and the Eiger.
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Series
Edition
Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Random House USA Inc
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
10 B&W PHOTOS
Dimensions
Height: 203 mm
Width: 135 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
325 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-375-75506-4 (9780375755064)
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Gaston Rébuffat was born on May 7, 1921, in Marseilles, France. He was a recipient of France's prestigious Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur. He died in Paris on May 31, 1985. David Roberts is the award-winning author of more than 25 books on mountaineering, adventure, and Western history and anthropology. Some of his works include Great Exploration Hoaxes and The Lost World of the Old Ones. He is a veteran mountain climber who has written for National Geographic, National Geographic Adventure, and Smithsonian. Roberts lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts. John Hunt led the first successful ascent of Mount Everest in 1953 with Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay. With Wilfrid Noyce, he translated Gaston Rébuffat's Starlight and Storm. He died in 1998. Wilfrid Noyce was part of the first successful ascent of Mount Everest in 1953 with Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay. With John Hunt, he translated Gaston Rébuffat's Starlight and Storm. He died in 1962 while climbing the Pamir Mountains.