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Learning To Breathe

Af: Andy Cave Engelsk Paperback

Learning To Breathe

Af: Andy Cave Engelsk Paperback
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At the age of sixteen, Andy Cave followed in his father''s and grandfather''s footsteps and became a miner - one of the last recruits into a dying world. Every day he would descend 3,000 feet into Grimethorpe pit.
But at weekends Andy escaped from the pithead to a very different world - testing his nerve on the cliffs and mountains around Britain, and forging endearing friendships with his new companions.
Enduring the 1984-5 miners'' strike - the guilt, the broken friendships, the poverty - Andy continued to indulge his passion. In 1986, after much soul searching, he quit his job as a miner in order to devote himself to mountaineering. At the same time he decided to educate himself, acquiring almost from a standing start academic qualifications including a PhD in socio-linguistics. This extraordinary twin odyssey is graphically recalled in this remarkable book.
In the Himalaya in 1997 Andy achieved a courageous first ascent on one of the steepest and most difficult summits in the world - the North Face of Changabang. Seventeen days later, he and only two of his team-mates crawled into base camp, frostbitten, emaciated and traumatised. His account of this terrifying experience provides a dramatic climax to this compelling story.

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At the age of sixteen, Andy Cave followed in his father''s and grandfather''s footsteps and became a miner - one of the last recruits into a dying world. Every day he would descend 3,000 feet into Grimethorpe pit.
But at weekends Andy escaped from the pithead to a very different world - testing his nerve on the cliffs and mountains around Britain, and forging endearing friendships with his new companions.
Enduring the 1984-5 miners'' strike - the guilt, the broken friendships, the poverty - Andy continued to indulge his passion. In 1986, after much soul searching, he quit his job as a miner in order to devote himself to mountaineering. At the same time he decided to educate himself, acquiring almost from a standing start academic qualifications including a PhD in socio-linguistics. This extraordinary twin odyssey is graphically recalled in this remarkable book.
In the Himalaya in 1997 Andy achieved a courageous first ascent on one of the steepest and most difficult summits in the world - the North Face of Changabang. Seventeen days later, he and only two of his team-mates crawled into base camp, frostbitten, emaciated and traumatised. His account of this terrifying experience provides a dramatic climax to this compelling story.

Produktdetaljer
Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 320
ISBN-13: 9780099472667
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 009947266X
Udg. Dato: 2 mar 2006
Længde: 20mm
Bredde: 129mm
Højde: 197mm
Forlag: Cornerstone
Oplagsdato: 2 mar 2006
Forfatter(e): Andy Cave
Forfatter(e) Andy Cave


Kategori Selvbiografier: sport


ISBN-13 9780099472667


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Paperback


Sider 320


Udgave


Længde 20mm


Bredde 129mm


Højde 197mm


Udg. Dato 2 mar 2006


Oplagsdato 2 mar 2006


Forlag Cornerstone

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