Alex MacIntyre and the birth of light and fast alpinism<\/p>\n
«The wall was the ambition, the style became the obsession.»<\/p>\n
In the autumn of 1982, a single stone fell from high on the south face of
\nAnnapurna and struck Alex MacIntyre on the head, killing him instantly and
\nrobbing the climbing world of one of its greatest talents.<\/p>\n
Although only twenty-eight years old, Alex was already one of the leading
\nfigures of British mountaineering’s most successful era. His ascents included
\nhard new routes on Himalayan giants like Dhaulagiri and Changabang and a
\nglittering record of firsts in the Alps and Andes.<\/p>\n
Yet how Alex climbed was as important as what he climbed. He was a
\nmountaineering prophet, sharing with a handful of contemporaries – including
\nhis climbing partner Voytek Kurtyka – the vision of a purer form of alpinism
\non the world’s highest peaks.<\/p>\n
One Day As A Tiger, John Porter’s revelatory and poignant memoir of his friend
\nAlex MacIntyre, shows mountaineering at its extraordinary best and tragic
\nworst – and draws an unforgettable picture of a dazzling, argumentative and
\nexuberant legend.<\/p>\n
Paperback Edition<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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