Summit Fever
Published on 16. January 2020
309 pages
978-1-84767-750-1 (ISBN)
Description
A "wonderful" memoir about mountain climbing-and the risk, joy, and adventure of being alive (Chris Bonington).
Shortlisted for the Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature
When poet Andrew Greig was asked by Scottish mountaineer Mal Duff to join his ascent of the Mustagh Tower in the Karakoram Himalayas, he had a poor head for heights and no climbing experience whatsoever. The result is this unique book.
Known for its candor and wit, and the beauty of its writing, Summit Fever is the story of a newcomer to mountain climbing facing a challenge beyond his expectations-"an excellent read, one of the best expedition books so far" ( Climber).
Shortlisted for the Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature
When poet Andrew Greig was asked by Scottish mountaineer Mal Duff to join his ascent of the Mustagh Tower in the Karakoram Himalayas, he had a poor head for heights and no climbing experience whatsoever. The result is this unique book.
Known for its candor and wit, and the beauty of its writing, Summit Fever is the story of a newcomer to mountain climbing facing a challenge beyond his expectations-"an excellent read, one of the best expedition books so far" ( Climber).
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Andrew Greig was born and brought up in Scotland. He has published many collections of poetry, including Men on Ice (Canongate) and two novels, Electric Brae (Canongate), which was short-listed for the MacVitie's Prize and received a Scottish Arts Council Award, and The Return of John MacNab (Headline), which topped the Scottish best-seller list in 1996. He took part in a number of Himalayan expeditions and from his experiences wrote Summit Fever (Hutchinson) and Kingdoms of Experience (Hutchinson).
Content
- Intro
- Cover
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Foreword
- Principal characters
- Chapter One: It's There If You Want It
- Chapter Two: A Glencoe Massacre
- Chapter Three: Sit-ups and Setbacks
- Chapter Four: The Third-World Body-Swerve
- Chapter Five: Living on Balti Time
- Chapter Six: Stranded in Askole
- Chapter Seven: The End of the Beginning
- Chapter Eight: Move It On Over
- Chapter Nine: A Walk on the Wild Side
- Chapter Ten: The White Tiger
- Chapter Eleven: Summit Fever
- Chapter Twelve: Thunder in the Mountains
- Chapter Thirteen: Coming Down
- Postscript
- Acknowledgements
- Index
- About the Author
- By the Same Author
- Copyright
