This book is a portrait of Mo Anthoine who has been climbing all over the world for almost 30 years. For him, the challenge of the mountain is what he calls "feeding the rat" - the need to get out, to test yourself and, above all, to have some fun. Although his name is almost unknown to outsiders, he is famous in the climbing world both for his talent as a mountaineer and for his anarchic attitude to the sport. He is adamant that is is not a sport, but a pastime and the main object is to have a good time. He has climbed all ...
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This book is a portrait of Mo Anthoine who has been climbing all over the world for almost 30 years. For him, the challenge of the mountain is what he calls "feeding the rat" - the need to get out, to test yourself and, above all, to have some fun. Although his name is almost unknown to outsiders, he is famous in the climbing world both for his talent as a mountaineer and for his anarchic attitude to the sport. He is adamant that is is not a sport, but a pastime and the main object is to have a good time. He has climbed all over the world - in Britain, the Alps, the Himalayas, the Karakoram, New Zealand, Alaska, the Andes, Patagonia and the South American jungle. A.Alvarez has known Mo since 1964 and climbed with him often and this book includes accounts of two of their near disasters - one in the Dolomites, the other on the Old Man of Hoy.
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Seller's Description:
G+ Association Copy. 8vo. original printed paper wraps (corners creased, remainder mark to top edge); pp. 158, [2 (pubs. advts. )], with 12 illustrations. A good copy. Flatsigned on first leaf 'Chris Bonington', who climbed with Mo Anthoine on the Ogre in 1977. Shortlisted for the Boardman Tasker Prize 1988.
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F- in F- jacket. F-/F-. 8vo. original green boards gilt (a trifle rubbed & marked) in dustwrapper (price-clipped); pp. 152, [2 blank], [1 (last blank)], with 12 illustrations. A near fine copy. Shortlisted for the Boardman Tasker Prize 1988.
