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The Eiger Obsession: Facing the Mountain That Killed My Father
The Eiger Obsession Facing the Mountain That Killed My Father
Author: John Harlin III
?When the author was nine years old, his father, an experienced climber, tackled one of the world's most treacherous mountains, the Eiger, in the Swiss Alps. It was the first attempt to reach the summit via the "direct" route (Harlin senior had already climbed the North Face), and it ended in tragedy, with a 4,000-foot fall. Forty years after hi...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781599215006
ISBN-10: 1599215004
Publication Date: 5/19/2009
Pages: 296
Edition: Reprint
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Publisher: The Lyons Press
Book Type: Paperback
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