Annapurna
A Woman's Place
$32.11
- Paperback
272 pages
- Release Date
15 September 2015
Summary
In August 1978, thirteen women left San Francisco for the Nepal Himalaya to make history as the first Americansand the first womento scale the treacherous slopes of Annapurna I, the world’s tenth highest peak. Expedition leader Arlene Blum here tells their dramatic story: the logistical problems, storms, and hazardous ice climbing; the conflicts and reconciliations within the team; the terror of avalanches that threatened to sweep away camps and climbers.
On October 15, two women and…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781619026032 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1619026031 |
| Author: | Arlene Blum |
| Publisher: | Counterpoint |
| Imprint: | Counterpoint |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 15 September 2015 |
| Weight: | 459g |
| Dimensions: | 17mm x 187mm x 234mm |
Critics Review
This is a book about working together under extraordinary conditions where the temperature in your tent can drop to ten degrees below zero and a tiny hole in a glove can mean the possible loss of a finger. It is about making decisions while an avalanche rushes by you with a wind that knocks you over. It is about risking death knowing that you have a daughter, a partner at home … the compelling story of thirteen very different women … each determined to get women to the top of a mountain. –Erica Bauermeister, reviewed in 500 Great Books by Women
Arlene Blum
Arlene Blum is a biochemist with a doctorate in physical chemistry. In her twenty years of climbing, she has taken part in more than fifteen expeditions, including the first all-woman climb of Mount McKinley and the 1976 American Bicentennial Expedition to Mount Everest. Ms. Blum also led the 1983 Great Himalayan Traverse, a 2,000-mile trek from Bhutan to Ladakh. She lives in Berkeley, California.
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