Everest - The First Ascent: Untold Story Of Griffith Pugh Man Who Made It Possible Harriet Tuckey Rider Co Αγγλικά Βιβλία Fiction Theatre

Winner Of The Outstanding General Sports Writing Award British Book Awardswinner Boardman Tasker Prizewinner Mountain Wilderness Prize Banff Festivalwinner Tony Lothian Biographers’ Clubfor First Time Drawing Upon Previously Unseen Diaries And Letters Rare Archive Material Interviews Everest – Ascent Tells Remarkable Story Griffith Pugh Forgotten Team Member Whose Scientific Breakthroughs Ensured World’s Highest Could Be Climbed A Doctor Physiologist Revolutionised Almost Every Aspect High-Altitude Mountaineering Transforming Climbers’ Attitude To Oxygen Clothes They Wore Their Equipment Fluid Intake Acclimatisation Yet Far From Receiving Acclaim He Was Due Met With Suspicion Ridicule His Contributions Were Quite Simply At Odds Old-Fashioned Notions Derring-Do Gentlemanly Amateurism That Dogged Sport Later In Career Impact Helping Athletes Enhance Performance Lasts This Day Fields Cycling Swimming Running Insightful Biography Shows Troubled Abrasive Brilliant Eight Years Closely Researched Told Unflinching Honesty By Pugh’s Daughter Harriet Tuckey Is Compelling Portrait An Unlikely Hero Σελίδες: 432 Διαστάσεις: 13X13Cm