Nanga Parbat Pilgrimage

Nanga Parbat Pilgrimage

Hermann Buhl's autobiography, culminating in his solo first ascent of Nanga Parbat in 1953. Buhl climbed for 41 hours without pause, reaching the summit alone at sunset. The most extraordinary single feat in Himalayan history, told by the man who did it.
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Publisher Mountaineer Books
Published 1999
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