Illustrated throughout with colour photographs, this title aims to offer inspirational, informative and useful reading for climbers, mountaineers and all those interested in adventure travel. The Big Walls are the royal discipline in mountaineering terms. They embody all the things that make climbing what it is - size, scale, difficulty, exposure, remoteness, and the reduction of equipment to a minimum. Challenging walls can be found the world over: in the Himalayas, the Karakorum and the Alps for example. Here Reinhold ...
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Illustrated throughout with colour photographs, this title aims to offer inspirational, informative and useful reading for climbers, mountaineers and all those interested in adventure travel. The Big Walls are the royal discipline in mountaineering terms. They embody all the things that make climbing what it is - size, scale, difficulty, exposure, remoteness, and the reduction of equipment to a minimum. Challenging walls can be found the world over: in the Himalayas, the Karakorum and the Alps for example. Here Reinhold Messner presents detailed information on 50 walls, showing a new generation of climbers where the big challenges and remaining climbing problems may be encountered.
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Add this copy of The Big Walls: History, Routes, Experiences to cart. $49.95, very good condition, Sold by Bookcase rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Carlisle, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1978 by Kaye & Ward.
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Very Good in Good jacket. 4to. DJ spine tanned, edges lightly creased, particularly top edge, light crease down length of front, price sticker to inner flap. Some very light edgewear to book, else a clean and tidy copy, contents VG.
Add this copy of The Big Walls: History, Routes, Experiences to cart. $24.50, very good condition, Sold by Take Five Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Ashland, OR, UNITED STATES, published 1978 by Kaye & Ward.
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Very Good+ in Very Good- jacket. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. Dust jacket price clipped, bottom front corner. 2" tear to outside front dust jacket at crease. Expedited or International shipping may cost more.
Add this copy of The Big Walls. History, Routes, Experience...Translated to cart. $18.30, good condition, Sold by Arapiles Mountain Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Castlemaine, VIC, AUSTRALIA, published 1978 by Kaye & Ward Ltd.
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G in G jacket. G/G. 4to. original green cloth gilt (ex-library copy with usual rsms, labels etc. to outer leaves, binding a little shaken, fore-edge thumbed). in dustwrapper (rubbed & creased with small wear to extremities, label at base of spine); pp. 144, with numerous illustrations & maps. A reading copy. [Neate M86: Includes Alpine climbs, Nanga Parbat south face, Dhaulagiri south face, Aconcagua south face. Messner, a German-speaking Italian from the South Tyrol, is the leading figure in modern mountaineering. He has climbed all of the fourteen 8000-metre peaks].
Add this copy of The Big Walls. History, Routes, Experience...Translated to cart. $27.60, very good condition, Sold by Arapiles Mountain Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Castlemaine, VIC, AUSTRALIA, published 1978 by Kaye & Ward Ltd.
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F- in F- jacket. F-/F-. 4to. original green cloth gilt in dustwrapper (price-clipped, extremities a little rubbed); pp. 144, with numerous illustrations & maps. A near fine copy. [Neate M86: Includes Alpine climbs, Nanga Parbat south face, Dhaulagiri south face, Aconcagua south face. Messner, a German-speaking Italian from the South Tyrol, is the leading figure in modern mountaineering. He has climbed all of the fourteen 8000-metre peaks].
Add this copy of The Big Walls to cart. $83.00, very good condition, Sold by Best and Fastest Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Wantage, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1978 by Littlehampton Book Services Ltd.
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Very good. Hardcover with dust jacket, copy is solid and unmarked with very light wear. We take great pride in accurately describing the condition of our books and media, ship within 48 hours, and offer a 100% money back guarantee. Customers purchasing more than one item from us may be entitled to a shipping discount.
