Dark Shadows Falling

Dark Shadows Falling

Joe Simpson — of Touching the Void fame — on the ethics of high-altitude mountaineering. Written after witnessing dying climbers being stepped over on Everest, it's a furious indictment of the commercialization of the world's highest peaks.
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Publisher Mountaineer Books
Published 1997
Related Wild Words
cerro de trincheras  SEH-roh deh trin-CHEH-rahs foehn  FURN (German); FAYN (anglicized) pediment PED-ih-ment aiguille ay-GWEE trimline chadar CHAH-dar