Nanga Parbat Pilgrimage: The Lonely Challenge

By Hermann Buhl and Hugh Buhl, Hermann and Merrick

Book Overview

Back in Print in Mountaineers Books "Legends & Lore" series, this mountaineering classic is the story of Hermann Buhl's momentous ascent of Nanga Parbat in 1953, which at the time--after Everest and Annapurna--was just the third 8000-meter peak to be climbed. Buhl, though a member of a large expedition, made the summit push solo and set a new bar that measured mountaineers for the rest of the century.

The account of Bhul's harrowing summit climb still thrills with its single-minded commitment and total loneliness. After Nanga Parbat, Buhl played no further part in the exciting mountaineering scene he had initiated. He died in a cornice accident while attempting Chogolisa.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1680512390
• ISBN13: 9781680512397
• Release Date: October 2018
• Publisher: Mountaineers Books
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"