Description
Dust jacket has some wear and is ripped some. Pages are clean and binding is secure.
This well-loved copy of “The borders of the impossible: From the Alps to Annapurna” by legendary French mountaineer Lionel Terray offers a gripping firsthand account of some of the most daring and pioneering climbs of the early 20th century. Published in 1962, it documents Terray’s ascents in the Alps as well as his historic first ascent of an 8,000-meter peak, Annapurna in the Himalayas in 1950 – a summit that had eluded some of the greatest climbers before him. Terray’s vivid prose and insightful observations provide a window into the golden age of alpinism, when the world’s highest peaks were still uncharted territory. This copy, though well-worn from being cherished by its previous owners, remains a piece of mountaineering history for collectors and a thrilling read for anyone drawn to tales of human endurance against nature’s most extreme conditions.
