'Man, the only - only - good thing about that climb was that you were tied on to the other end of the rope.' Simon McCartney was a cocky young British alpinist climbing many of the hardest routes in the Alps during the late seventies, but it was a chance meeting in Chamonix in 1977 with Californian 'Stonemaster' Jack Roberts that would dramatically change both their lives - and almost end Simon's. Inspired by a Bradford Washburn photograph published in Mountain magazine, their first objective was the 5,500-foot north face ...
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'Man, the only - only - good thing about that climb was that you were tied on to the other end of the rope.' Simon McCartney was a cocky young British alpinist climbing many of the hardest routes in the Alps during the late seventies, but it was a chance meeting in Chamonix in 1977 with Californian 'Stonemaster' Jack Roberts that would dramatically change both their lives - and almost end Simon's. Inspired by a Bradford Washburn photograph published in Mountain magazine, their first objective was the 5,500-foot north face of Mount Huntington, one of the most dangerous walls in the Alaska Range. The result was a route so hard and serious that for decades nobody believed they had climbed it - it is still unrepeated to this day. Then, raising the bar even higher, they made the first ascent of the south-west face of Denali, a climb that would prove almost fatal for Simon, and one which would break the bond between him and climbing, separating the two young climbers for over three decades. But the bond between Simon and Jack couldn't remain dormant forever. A lifetime later, a chance reconnection with Jack gave Simon the chance to bury the ghosts of what happened high on Denali, when he had faced almost certain death. The Bond is Simon McCartney's award-winning story of these legendary climbs.
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Add this copy of The Bond. Two Epic Climbs in Alaska and a Lifetime's to cart. $56.80, like new condition, Sold by Arapiles Mountain Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Castlemaine, VIC, AUSTRALIA, published 2017 by Vertebrate Publishing.
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F in F jacket. F/F. 8vo. original printed paper wraps, French flaps in dustwrapper priced £14.95; pp. xvi, 334 (last blank), with illustrations. A fine copy, as new. Boardman-Tasker Award for Mountain Literature 2016 Winner.
Add this copy of The Bond. Two Epic Climbs in Alaska and a Lifetime's to cart. $327.63, like new condition, Sold by Arapiles Mountain Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Castlemaine, VIC, AUSTRALIA, published 2016 by Vertebrate Publishing.
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F in F jacket. Signed by Author. F/F. 8vo. original purple cloth gilt in dustwrapper priced £24.00; pp. [ii (limitation, last blank)], xvi (last blank), 334 (last blank), with illustrations. A fine copy, as new. No. 156 of a limited edition of 200 cloth-bound special first edition copies, signed and numbered by the author, 'Simon McCartney'. Boardman-Tasker Award for Mountain Literature 2016 Winner.
