Of all the games mountaineers play on the world’s high mountains, the hardest
\n– and cruellest – is climbing the fourteen peaks over 8,000 metres in the
\nbitter cold of winter. Ferocious winds that can pick you up and throw you
\ndown, freezing temperatures that burn your lungs and numb your bones, weeks of
\npsychological torment in dark isolation: these are adventures for those with
\nan iron will and a ruthless determination.<\/p>\n
For the first time, award-winning author Bernadette McDonald tells the story
\nof how Poland’s ice warriors made winter their own, perfecting what they
\ndubbed ‚the art of suffering‘ as they fought theirway to the summit of Everest
\nin the winter of 1980 – the first 8,000-metre peak they climbed this way but
\nby no means their last.<\/p>\n
She reveals what it was that inspired the Poles to take up this brutal game,
\nhow increasing numbers of climbers from other nations were inspired to enter
\nthe arena, and how competition intensified as each remaining peak finally
\nsubmitted to leave just one awaiting a winter ascent, the meanest of them all:
\nK2.<\/p>\n
Winter 8000 is the story of true adventure at its most demanding.<\/p>\n
No of Pages: 256
\nPage Size: 156 x 234 mm
\nEdition: 1st, 2020
\nBinding: Hardback
\nIllustrations: B&W; with 16pp colour plates<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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