Buy this book on-line BREMER-KAMP, CHERIE: : LIVING ON THE EDGE - The Winter Ascent of KANCHENJUNGAUK.NEWTON ABBOT,DEVON.DAVID & CHARLES,1987. ISBN 0879052716.
UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.NFINE/VG.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.8vo, 213pp includes appendices(a-e),glossary, b/w line drawings and maps,colour photographs.
In January 1985,Cherie Bremer-Kamp and Chris Chandler together attempted the first winter climb of Kanchenjunga's north face,the realisation of a dream that had grown between them since they first met and fell in love on the slopes of K2,seven years earlier.Third highest mountain in the world,'Kanche' was to be their final challenge together.Gripping and harrowing account of their days on 'Kanche' in the bitterly cold winter months,the days of frustration in snow-bound tents,moments of isolation and pure peace,the constant struggle to survive amidst furious 'jetstream' winds and the mountains armour of ice and rock,driven by sheer will through illness and despair; and their final defeat with the loss of Chris,and Cherie's return.
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