The Shining Mountain: The First Ascent of the West Wall of Changabang

by Peter Boardman

Book Overview

Describes the adventures of Peter Boardman and Joe Tasker on their expedition to climb a mountain in the Himalayas. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 183981053X
• ISBN13: 9781839810534
• Release Date: March 2021
• Publisher: Vertebrate Publishing
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.0" x 7.7"

Customer Reviews

Simply Stunning

This book is a refreshing change to a lot of others I have read because it doesnt rely on the gore and shock value of climbing tragedy`s in fact it exposes the true dry witt that that helps keep climbers sain . Although some reference is made to a few but these are totaly in keeping with the rythum of his writing . It is factual, matter of fact and walks you through the true emotions, trials and tribulations of a close personal and proffesional relationship of these two very talented mountain authors . The photographs are stunning . In summary a great account of a low budget two man assalut on Changabang. Five stars from me .

A harrowing adventure of mountaineering

Peter Boardman, (now dead from a subsequent mountaineering accident), in this book relates his successful 1976 two-man climb with Joe Tasker up the west wall of Changabang in the Garhwal Himalaya. The hardships of an Alpine-type assualt on this monster mountain are related, as are the doubts and fears he experiences, along with the disciplined mental state he cultivates to banish them. The most curiously attractive thing about the book is the young author's thinking: clear, intelligent, and able to remain focused on each task at hand under the most extraordinary circumstances. The reader follows PB through each portion of the ascent and descent as he and Joe Tasker face and eliminate seemingly impossible obstacles one by one. The rhythm of the tale told feels right. It moves forward at a careful and deliberate pace, never puffed up or pedantic. An emotional epilogue by climber Chris Bonington underscores Boardman's achievements both on the mountain, as a climber, and off, as a gentle human being.