Diamir: König der Berge - Schicksalsberg Nanga Parbat [Diamir: King of the Mountains – The Fate Mountain Nanga Parbat]
Author(s):
Messner, Reinhold
Copyright: 2008, Germany
Specifications: 1st, 4to, pp.292, 133 color & 67 bw photos, bw map, map eps, blue cloth
Condition: dj & cloth new
A beautiful, large-format, book on the history of Nanga Parbat. Using archival material, historical photos, and spectacular aerial photos, Messner tells the history of climbing on this great peak from 1895 to 2005. Here are the stories of attempts and ascents from Mummery (1895), the pre-war German attempts (1932, ’34. ’37, ’38), Hermann Buhl’s first ascent (1953), the Messner brothers on the Rupal Face (1970), Reinhold’s solo ascent (1978), to Steve House and Vince Anderson on the Rupal Face (2005). This book weighs 4.5 pounds. In German, no English translation.