The Challenge
Author(s):
Messner, Reinhold
Copyright: 1977, Oxford, NY
Specifications: 1st, 8vo, pp.205, 31 color & 28 bw photos, 2 maps, 3 sketches, blue cloth
Condition: signed Messner (on ffep) & Peter Habeler (on title page), dj clipped, fine, cloth w/ whiteout on ffep, tight, fine
Messner describes two climbs - an unsuccessful 1975 expedition to Lhotse's south face, with Cassin, and his amazing alpine-style ascent of Hidden Peak with Peter Habeler.
Neate M87, Yak M167.