Fiva: An Adventure that Went Wrong

Fiva: An Adventure that Went Wrong

Gordon Stainforth's account of a climbing accident in Norway in 1969 that killed his brother and left him hanging on a rope for hours. Written decades later, it's a meditation on survival, guilt, and the memories that don't fade.
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Publisher Mountaineer Books
Published 2013
Related Wild Words
graybird suncups jökulhlaup  YUR-kul-loip aiguille ay-GWEE transhumance tranz-HYOO-munts foehn  FURN (German); FAYN (anglicized)