Tales from the Steep: John Long's Favorite Climbing Literature

Bys: Geoff Tabin, David Craig, John Alexander Long, et al.

From the Eiger's notorious North Face, to Maurice Herzog's timeless epic on Annapurna, to a stirring rescue on the small crag by literary critic and novelist Al Alvarez, Tales From The Steep will... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0934802920
• ISBN13: 9780934802925
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Pr
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.5" x 6.3"

Customer Reviews

A great book that inspires and calms at the same time.

The collection of factual and fictional stories captures the essence of mountains and of the people who try to climb them. It contains electric stories of survival and breathtaking introspectives that indirectly try to answer the question of why people risk their lives to reach the top. Its an excellent book for a panoramic view of the mountain climbing world