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Maverick Mountaineer

Author : Robert Wainwright
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780733333729
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (337 download)

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Download or read book Maverick Mountaineer written by Robert Wainwright and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "George Ingle Finch, mountaineer, soldier, scientist, rebellious spirit, boy from the bush, was in his day one of the most famous men in the world. In 1922 he stood at the highest point on Everest, a feat not bettered for 30 years. He invented the predecessor to the puffer jacket and pioneered the use of oxygen in climbing. A World War I hero whose skills also helped save London from burning to the ground during the Blitz of World War II, he was a renowned scientist who was personally chosen by Nehru, the first Indian prime minister, to help lead his nation into the modern world. With a private life torn by war and misguided by social norms, a reputation as an outsider among the British alpine climbing establishment, and some rough and ready 'colonial' habits, Finch was a brilliantly colourful character - so why has he vanished from the pages of history?" --

The Maverick Mountaineer

Author : Robert Wainwright
Publisher : Atlantic Books
ISBN 13 : 1925268438
Total Pages : 444 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (252 download)

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Download or read book The Maverick Mountaineer written by Robert Wainwright and published by Atlantic Books. This book was released on 2017-01-01 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WINNER OF THE TIMES 2017 BIOGRAPHY OF THE YEAR PRIZE SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2016 BOARDMAN TASKER PRIZE FOR MOUNTAIN LITERATURE 'One of the two best Alpinists of his time - Mallory was the other.' The Times In the spring of 1901 a teenager stood on top of a hill, gazed out in wonderment at the Australian landscape and decided he wanted to be a mountaineer. Two decades later, the same man stood in a blizzard beneath the summit of Mount Everest, within sight of his goal to be the first to stand on the roof of the world. George Finch was at the highest point ever reached by a human being and only his decision to save the life of his stricken companion stopped him from reaching the summit. George Finch was a rebel of the first order, a man who dared to challenge the British establishment who disliked his independence, background, long hair and lack of an Oxbridge education. Despite this, he not only became one of the world's greatest alpinists, earning the grudging respect of his rival George Mallory, but pioneered the use of the artificial oxygen that enabled Everest to finally be conquered thirty years after his own attempt. A renowned scientist, a World War I hero and a Fellow of the Royal Society, involved in the development of some of the twentieth century's most important inventions, his skills helped save London from burning to the ground during the Blitz. Finch's public accomplishments, however, were shadowed by his complicated private life and his fraught relationship with his son, the actor Peter Finch. Acclaimed biographer Robert Wainwright restores George Finch to his rightful place in history with this remarkable tribute to one of the twentieth century's most eccentric anti-heroes.

Maverick Moutaineer

Author : Robert Wainwright
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781459695863
Total Pages : 560 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (958 download)

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Download or read book Maverick Moutaineer written by Robert Wainwright and published by . This book was released on 2015-06-22 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first full - length biography of George Ingle Finch - maverick Australian mountaineer, scientist, concert pianist and father of actor Peter Finch. George Ingle Finch, mountaineer, soldier, scientist, rebellious spirit, boy from the bush, was in his day one of the most famous men in the world. In 1922 he stood at the highest point on Everest, a feat not bettered for 30 years. He invented the predecessor to the puffer jacket and pioneered the use of oxygen in climbing. A World War I hero whose skills also helped save London from burning to the ground during the Blitz of World War II, he was a renowned scientist who was personally chosen by Nehru, the first Indian prime minister, to help lead his nation into the modern world. With a private life torn by war and misguided by social norms, a reputation as an outsider among the British alpine climbing establishment, and some rough and ready 'colonial' habits, Finch was a brilliantly colourful character - so why has he vanished from the pages of history? In this first full - length biography, Robert Wainwright surveys the man who is now best known as the father of Academy award - winning actor Peter Finch - but who was so much more.

The Story of White Hall Centre

Author : Pete McDonald
Publisher : Pete McDonald
ISBN 13 : 0473428881
Total Pages : 671 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (734 download)

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Download or read book The Story of White Hall Centre written by Pete McDonald and published by Pete McDonald. This book was released on 2018-05-01 with total page 671 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Everest 1922

Author : Mick Conefrey
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1639361464
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (393 download)

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Download or read book Everest 1922 written by Mick Conefrey and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-05-31 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The dramatic and inspiring account of the very first attempt to climb Mount Everest, published to coincide with the centenary of the expedition of 1922. The first attempt on Everest in 1922 by George Leigh Mallory and a British team is an extraordinary story full of controversy, drama, and incident, populated by a set of larger-than-life characters straight out of an adventure novel. The expedition ended in tragedy when, on their third bid for the top, Mallory's party was hit by an avalanche that left seven men dead. Using diaries, letters, and unpublished accounts, Mick Conefrey creates a rich, character-driven narrative that explores the motivations and private dramas of the key individuals—detailing their backroom politics and bitter rivalries—who masterminded this epic adventure.

Edmund Hillary - A Biography

Author : Michael Gill
Publisher : Vertebrate Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1911342975
Total Pages : 783 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (113 download)

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Download or read book Edmund Hillary - A Biography written by Michael Gill and published by Vertebrate Publishing. This book was released on 2019-03-08 with total page 783 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Edmund Hillary – A Biography is the story of the New Zealand beekeeper who climbed Mount Everest. A man who against expedition orders drove his tractor to the South Pole; a man honoured around the world for his pioneering climbs yet who collapsed on more than one occasion on a mountain, and a man who gave so much to Nepal yet lost his family to its mountains. The author, Michael Gill, was a close friend of Hillary's for nearly 50 years, accompanying him on many expeditions and becoming heavily involved in Hillary's aid work building schools and hospitals in the Himalaya. During the writing of this book, Gill was granted access to a large archive of private papers and photos that were deposited in the Auckland museum after Hillary's death in 2008. Building on this unpublished material, as well as his extensive personal experience, Michael Gill profiles a man whose life was shaped by both triumph and tragedy. Gill describes the uncertainties of the first 33 years of Hillary's life, during which time he served in the New Zealand air force during the Second World War, as well as the background to the first ascent of Mount Everest in 1953, when Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first climbers to reach the summit – a feat that brought the pair instant worldwide fame. He reveals the loving relationship Hillary had with his wife Louise, in part through their touching letters to each other. Her importance to him during their 22 years of marriage only underlines the horror of her death, along with that of their youngest daughter, Belinda, in a plane crash in 1975. Hillary eventually pulled out of his subsequent depression to continue his life's work in the Himalaya. Affectionate, but scrupulously fair, in Edmund Hillary – A Biography Michael Gill has gone further than anyone before to reveal the humanity of this remarkable man.

The Climb

Author : Anatoli Boukreev
Publisher : St. Martin's Griffin
ISBN 13 : 125009982X
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book The Climb written by Anatoli Boukreev and published by St. Martin's Griffin. This book was released on 2015-09-22 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everest, the major motion picture from Universal Pictures, is set for wide release on September 18, 2015. Read The Climb, Anatoli Boukreev (portrayed by Ingvar Sigurðsson in the film) and G. Weston DeWalt’s compelling account of those fateful events on Everest. In May 1996 three expeditions attempted to climb Mount Everest on the Southeast Ridge route pioneered by Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay in 1953. Crowded conditions slowed their progress. Late in the day twenty-three men and women-including expedition leaders Scott Fischer and Rob Hall-were caught in a ferocious blizzard. Disoriented and out of oxygen, climbers struggled to find their way down the mountain as darkness approached. Alone and climbing blind, Anatoli Boukreev brought climbers back from the edge of certain death. This new edition includes a transcript of the Mountain Madness expedition debriefing recorded five days after the tragedy, as well as G. Weston DeWalt's response to Into Thin Air author Jon Krakauer.

Walking, Landscape and Environment

Author : David Borthwick
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351807595
Total Pages : 391 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (518 download)

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Download or read book Walking, Landscape and Environment written by David Borthwick and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-11-13 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Walking, Landscape and Environment explores walking as a method of research and practice in the humanities and creative arts, emerging from a recent surge of growth in urban and rural walking. This edited collection of essays from leading figures in the field presents an enquiry into, and a critique of, the methods and results of cutting-edge ‘walking research’. Walking negotiates the intersections between the human self, place and space, offering a cross-disciplinary collaborative method of research which can be utilised in areas such as ecocriticism, landscape architecture, literature, cultural geography and the visual arts. Bringing together a multitude of perspectives from different disciplines, on topics including health and wellbeing, disability studies, social justice, ecology and gender, this book provides a unique appraisal of the humanist perspective on landscape. In doing so, it challenges Romantic approaches to walking, applying new ideas in contemporary critical thought and alternative perspectives on embodiment and trans-corporeality.

Fallen

Author : Mick Conefrey
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1639366369
Total Pages : 231 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (393 download)

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Download or read book Fallen written by Mick Conefrey and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2024-05-07 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An authoritative, myth-piercing study of the world-famous explorer George Mallory, who disappeared on Mount Everest in 1924. In the years following his disappearance near the summit of Mount Everest in June 1924 at the age of thirty-seven, George Mallory was elevated into a legendary international hero. Dubbed "the Galahad of Everest,” he was lionized by the media as the greatest mountaineer of his generation—a man who had died while taking the ultimate challenge. His body was only recovered in 1999 and there is still speculation about whether he made it to the summit. Handsome, charismatic, and daring, Mallory was a skilled public speaker, athlete, technically-gifted climber, a committed Socialist, and a supremely attractive figure to both men and women. His friends ranged from the gay artists and writers of the Bloomsbury group to the best mountaineers of his era. But that was only one side to him. Mallory was also a risk-taker who, according to his friend and first biographer David Pye, could never get behind the wheel of a car without trying to overtake the vehicle in front; a climber who pushed himself and those around him to the limits; a chaotic technophobe who was forever losing or mishandling equipment; a man who led his porters to their deaths in 1922, as well as his young climbing partner Andrew Irvine only two years later. So who was the real Mallory? What were the forces that made him and ultimately destroyed him? Why did the man who, in 1922, denounced oxygen sets as "damnable heresy” himself perish on an oxygen-powered summit attempt two years later? And perhaps most importantly, what made him return to Everest for his third and final attempt? Using diaries, letters, memoirs, and thousands of contemporary documents, Fallen is a gripping forensic investigation of Mallory’s last expedition that, at long last, separates the man from the myth.

The Brilliant Outsider

Author : Robert Wainwright
Publisher : HarperCollins Australia
ISBN 13 : 1460703677
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (67 download)

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Download or read book The Brilliant Outsider written by Robert Wainwright and published by HarperCollins Australia. This book was released on 2015-06-01 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first full-length biography of George Ingle Finch - maverick Australian mountaineer, scientist, concert pianist and father of actor Peter Finch. George Ingle Finch, mountaineer, soldier, scientist, rebellious spirit, boy from the bush, was in his day one of the most famous men in the world. In 1922 he stood at the highest point on Everest, a feat not bettered for 30 years. He invented the predecessor to the puffer jacket and pioneered the use of oxygen in climbing. A World War I hero whose skills also helped save London from burning to the ground during the Blitz of World War II, he was a renowned scientist who was personally chosen by Nehru, the first Indian prime minister, to help lead his nation into the modern world. With a private life torn by war and misguided by social norms, a reputation as an outsider among the British alpine climbing establishment, and some rough and ready 'colonial' habits, Finch was a brilliantly colourful character - so why has he vanished from the pages of history? In this first full-length biography, Robert Wainwright surveys the man who is now best known as the father of Academy award-winning actor Peter Finch - but who was so much more.

The Big Fact Book about Mount Rainier

Author : Bette Filley
Publisher : Dunamis House
ISBN 13 : 9781880405062
Total Pages : 472 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book The Big Fact Book about Mount Rainier written by Bette Filley and published by Dunamis House. This book was released on 1996 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A compendium of information and trivia about Mount Ranier and the surrounding national park, with fun facts and statistics in sections on early exploration, the human and natural history of the area, the park service, colorful characters, Indian tribes, park facilities, glaciers, landmarks, events, spiritual aspects, trails, roads, wildlife, activities, and volcanology. Includes b&w photos and maps. c. Book News Inc.

Mountain Maverick

Author : Bill Bragg
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (316 download)

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Download or read book Mountain Maverick written by Bill Bragg and published by . This book was released on 1953 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Best of the Equinox, Enochian Magick

Author : Aleister Crowley
Publisher : Weiser Books
ISBN 13 : 1609258037
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (92 download)

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Download or read book The Best of the Equinox, Enochian Magick written by Aleister Crowley and published by Weiser Books. This book was released on 2012-10-01 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Equinox became the standard for English language esotericism in the early 20th century, aptly termed the "Encyclopedia of Initiation" by its principal editor and contributor, Aleister Crowley. This tenvolume collection had remarkable variety, depth, and the utility of its contents encompass Qabalah, tarot, yoga, and the essential papers of Crowley's teaching order, A.A. Unfortunately, much of this material is currently out of print. Now, renowned scholar and U.S. Duputy Grandmaster General of the O.T.O., Lon Milo DuQuette offers readers The Best of the Equinox: Enochain Magick, Volume Iand presents readers with the Enochian selections from The Equinox and contains the Enochian Magic of John Dee and Edward Kelley--perhaps the most powerful and most popular of all magical systems. Selected by DuQuette from both inprint and outofprint editions of The Equinox, this is an affordable volume for Crowley fans, packed with high magick.

The Weiser Concise Guide to Aleister Crowley

Author : Richard Kaczynski
Publisher : Weiser Books
ISBN 13 : 1609250745
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (92 download)

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Download or read book The Weiser Concise Guide to Aleister Crowley written by Richard Kaczynski and published by Weiser Books. This book was released on 2009-04-01 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shrouded in mystery and misunderstanding, Aleister Crowley is one of the 20th century’s most revered occult figures. With The Weiser Concise Guide to Aleister Crowley, readers are given a careful, comprehensive overview of Crowley’s life from poet to practicing magician as well as his life’s work, including the basic principles and rituals of his magical practices. Set aside your preconceptions and dismiss the rumors. Crowley was certainly a complex, controversial, and colorful man, but the truth is far more interesting than the legend.

Mountain Maverick

Author : William Frederick Bragg
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Mountain Maverick written by William Frederick Bragg and published by . This book was released on 1950 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Fight for Everest 1924

Author : E.F. Norton
Publisher : Vertebrate Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1910240400
Total Pages : 514 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (12 download)

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Download or read book The Fight for Everest 1924 written by E.F. Norton and published by Vertebrate Publishing. This book was released on 2015-10-08 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1924 Mount Everest remained unclimbed. Two British expeditions had already tackled what was known to be the highest mountain on Earth. The first, in 1921, found a route to the base. The second, in 1922, attempted the summit, reaching a record height of 27,320 feet before retreating. Two years later, a team that included Colonel E.F. Norton, George Mallory and Andrew Irvine returned to the Himalaya. Armed with greater knowledge and experience, confidence was high. But they were still climbing into the unknown. How high could they climb without supplementary oxygen? Would the cumbersome oxygen equipment help them climb higher? Could they succeed where others had failed, and make the first ascent of the highest mountain on earth? Before they could find out, tragedy struck - George Mallory and Andrew Irvine, climbing high on the mountain, vanished into the clouds. First published in 1925, and reissued now for only the second time, The Fight for Everest 1924 is the official record of this third expedition to Everest. The compelling narrative by Norton and other expedition members, and Mallory's vivid letters home, present a gripping picture of life in the Himalaya. Notes and observations from the entire team show how far knowledge of the mountain and of high-altitude climbing had advanced by 1924, and make recommendations for future Everest attempts. As well as the full original text and illustrations, this edition reproduces some of Norton's superb pencil sketches and watercolours along with previously unpublished materials from his private archive. These include original planning documents from the expedition, Mallory's last note to Norton, and a moving letter to Norton from Mallory's widow. Together, they add up to complete one of the most fascinating mountaineering books ever written.

Fatal Mountaineer

Author : Robert Roper
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
ISBN 13 : 1429979895
Total Pages : 287 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)

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Download or read book Fatal Mountaineer written by Robert Roper and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2007-04-01 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Robert Roper's Fatal Mountaineer is a gripping look at Willi Unsoeld and the epic climbs that defined him--a classic narrative blending action with ethics, fame with tragedy, a man's ambition with a father's anguish. In 1963, Willi Unsoeld became an international hero for his conquest of the West Ridge of Everest. A charismatic professor of philosophy, Unsoeld was one of the greatest climbers of the twentieth century, a man whose raw physical power and casual fearlessness inspired a generation of adventurers. In 1976, during an expedition to Nanda Devi, the tallest peak in India, Unsoeld's philosophy of spiritual growth through mortal risk was tragically tested. The outcome of that expedition continues to fuel one of the most fascinating debates in mountaineering history.