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Learning to Breathe
Andy Cave
Andy Cave grew up in a Yorkshire mining community and became one of Britain's best Himalayan climbers. His memoir spans both worlds — the claustrophobia of the coal face and the exposure of the north face. A working-class life in climbing.
Culture & Place
Mountains & Climbing
Memoir
Alps & Europe
Himalaya
Publisher
Hutchinson
Published
2005
Related Wild Words
gulch
neve
NEH-vay
brocken spectre
BROK-en SPEK-ter
talus
TAL-us
foehn
FURN (German); FAYN (anglicized)
cairn
KAIRN
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