Lhotse ’75: Spedizione Alpinistico-scientifica del C.A.I. all’Himalaya del Nepal
Author(s):
Cassin, Riccardo & Guiseppe Nangeroni
Copyright: 1977, Club Alpino Italiano, Bologna
Specifications: 1st, 4to, pp.171 + 65, 54 color & 106 bw photos (1 fldg panorama in pocket), 20 figs, 5 maps (1 fldg in pocket), table, illus ep, grey cloth
Condition: signed Reinhold Messner on bookplate, dj w/ chip on back & 1” tear, unclipped, near fine, cloth tight, fine
The 1975 attempt on Lhotse’s South Face was a combined climbing and scientific expedition. The strong team tackled vertical rock and 70° ice at high altitude but had to abandon the climb 3300’ short of the summit in the face of bad weather and avalanches. About half the book is devoted to the climb, with one chapter by Messner, and half to the scientific work. In Italian, no English edition.