Flame Of Adventure
$32.32
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
1 August 2002
Summary
A book on adventure by one of Britain’s best known climbers.
Simon Yates, author of Against the Wall, takes us back to his early years as a climber - the escapades and excitement of a young life lived on the edge and for the moment, when experience was all-important and dramatic achievements and failures came as naturally as the hair-raising risks themselves.
A mountaineering travelogue of dazzling variety, The Flame of Adventure moves from the camaraderie of deprived Russian …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780099283867 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0099283867 |
| Author: | Simon Yates |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vintage |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 1 August 2002 |
| Weight: | 184g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 131mm x 18mm |
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Critics Review
Simon Yates’ remarkable climbing journal, which offers the armchair alpinist a detailed account of lucky escapes, near disasters and more than a few triumphs, is one of the most readable mountaineering books currently on the market * Literary Review *
About The Author
Simon Yates
Simon Yates has climbed extensively in the Himalayas and the Andes, and travelled through India, Kazakhstan and Australia. His first book, Against the Wall, was runner-up for the Boardman Tasker Award for mountain literature.
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