Vertical Pleasure: The Secret Life of a Taxman
Author(s):
Fowler, Mick
Copyright: 1995, Hodder & Stoughton, London
Specifications: 1st, 8vo, pp.224, 44 color photos, 4 maps, red cloth
Condition: signed, dj unclipped, very fine, cloth w/ light browning to page edges, else very fine
Fowler’s autobiography, and first book, includes his apprenticeship on British crags, and climbs in Peru, the Karakoram, and the first ascent of Spantik’s Golden Pillar (1987) with Victor Saunders. Quite scarce, especially signed.
Shortlisted for the 1995 Boardman-Tasker Award.