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The Naked Mountain
Reinhold Messner
Messner's account of the 1970 Nanga Parbat expedition that killed his brother Günther. For decades, Messner was accused of abandoning his brother for the summit. This book is his answer. The mountain is the jury.
Mountains & Climbing
Memoir
Himalaya
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Publisher
Mountaineers Books
Published
2003
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