My Quest for the Yeti: Confronting the Himalays' Deepest M

Reinhold Messner

ISBN 10: 0330390864 / ISBN 13: 9780330390866

Edité par Pan Macmillan, 2001

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For over 20 years Reinhold Messner has been obsessed with the secret of the Yeti, the Himalayan creature of legend, who in the West became infamously known as the abominable snowman. Rather than fruitless speculation, Messner - the first person to climb Mount Everest without oxygen and the first to climb all 14 of the world's tallest peaks - provides his own first hand account. He begins by recounting his own terrifying run-ins with the Yeti - while hiking alone in remote parts of Nepal - and how they led to his determination to solve their mystery through subsequent expeditions.Yeti is a fascinating account of a quest, taking readers on hair-raising climbs through Nepal, Bhutan, Ladakh, Northern India, and even Tibet - where Messner was a fugitive from Chinese authorities. Messner reveals the truth behind these strange and wonderful creatures.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: My Quest for the Yeti: Confronting the Himalays' Deepest M
• Éditeur: Pan Macmillan
• Date de parution: 2001
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0330390864
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780330390866
• Reliure: Paperback
• État de l'article: New

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Synopsis

For over 20 years Reinhold Messner has been obsessed with the secret of the Yeti, the Himilayan creature of legend, who in the West became infamously known as the abominable snowman. Rather than fruitless speculation, Messner - the first person to climb Mount Everest without oxygen and the first to climb all 14 of the world's tallest peaks - provides his own first hand account. He begins by recouting his own terrifying run-ins with the Yeti - while hiking alone in remote parts of Nepal - and how they led to his determination to solve their mystery through seubsequent expeditions. This is an account of a quest, taking readers on hair-raising climbs through Nepal, Bhutan, Ladakh, Northern India, and even Tibet - where Messner was a fugitive from Chinese authorities.

À propos de l?auteur

Reinhold Messner is known as one of history's greatest Himalayan mountaineers. He was the first person to climb all fourteen of the world's 8,000-meter peaks, many of them solo. Climber, writer, photographer and filmmaker, Messner has published more than thirty books including My Quest for the Yeti. He is currently an MEP, based in Brussels. He lives in Austria.