Cold Wars: Koldt Spil mellem Risiko og Virkelighed

Kold Krig: Klatring i Gråzonen mellem Risiko og Virkelighed – En Historisk Thriller

Grib fat i lykken med denne unikke genstand en skat fra en svunden tid eller en vision for fremtiden Hver eneste detalje hvisker om eventyr og mystik Forestil dig at holde et stykke af stjernerne i din hånd en følgesvend til dine vildeste drømme Eller måske er det bare den perfekte gave til den, der allerede har alt Lad fantasien flyve og lad denne magiske ting åbne døre til en helt ny verden

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I was aware that I was cold - beyond cold. I was a lump of meat left for too long in a freezer, a body trapped beneath the ice, sinking down into the dark. 'I was freezing to death.' In this brilliant sequel to his award-winning debut 'Psychovertical', mountaineering stand-up Andy Kirkpatrick has achieved his life's ambition to become one of the world's leading climbers. Pushing himself to new extremes, he embarks on his toughest climbs yet - on big walls in the Alps and Patagonia - in the depths of winter. Kirkpatrick has more success, but the savagery and danger of these encounters comes at huge personal cost. Questioning his commitment to his chosen craft, Kirkpatrick is torn between family life and the dangerous path he has chosen. Written with his trademark wit and honesty, 'Cold Wars' is a gripping account of modern adventure.

Specifications

Format: Paperback
Dimensions: 288 pages, 14.99 x 2.03 x 22.61 cm
Published: Oct 31, 2012
Publisher: Mountaineers Books
Language: English
Item weight: 431 g

About the Author

ANDY KIRKPATRICK has a reputation for seeking out routes where the danger is real and the return is questionable, pushing himself on some of the hardest walls and faces in the Alps and beyond. He was born and raised on a council estate in Hull, one of the UK's flattest cities, and suffered from severe dyslexia, which went undiagnosed until he was 19. Thriving on this apparent adversity, Andy transformed himself into one of the world's most driven and accomplished climbers and an award-winning writer. In 2001 he undertook a 12-day solo ascent of the Reticent Wall on El Capitan, one of the hardest solo climbs in the world. This climb was the central theme of his first book Psychovertical, which won the 2008 Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature. Cold Wars is his second book. Andy lives in Sheffield with his two children.

Learn more at his website, andy-kirkpatrick.com.