Over the Top : Humorous Mountaineering Tales

by Potterfield, Peter

ISBN13:
9780898868890
ISBN10:
0898868890
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 2002-10-01
Publisher: Mountaineers Books
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Summary

Trips gone wrong, embarrassing incidents, unfortunate pratfalls, and hilarious reflections are part of Over the Top: Humorous Mountaineering Tales, Volume 3; the newest volume in The Mountaineers Anthology Series. Kurt Diemberger's A Lesson in French and Greg Childs' Chalk are examples of climbers' keen appreciation for the absurd, droll, ironic, and hilarious moments in their world.

Author Biography

Peter Potterfield was editor and publisher of MountainZone.com. He covers outdoor adventure for several magazines

Foreword

(3)

Introduction

(2)

``The Insult of Injury''

(8)

Postcards from the Ledge

Greg Child

``A Short Walk with Whillans''

(12)

One Man's Mountains

Tom Patey

``Ready for the Scrap Heap?''

(10)

My Life

Anderl Heckmair

``Bad Day at Practice Rock''

(6)

Moments of Doubt and Other Mountaineering Writings of David Roberts

David Roberts

``Chalk''

(8)

Stone Palaces

Geof Childs

``A Lesson in French''

(6)

Summits and Secrets in The Kurt Diemberger Omnibus

Kurt Diemberger

``Davi''

(14)

The Burgess Book of Lies

Adrian

Alan Burgess

``The Sporting Life''

(6)

Postcards from the Ledge

Greg Child

``Bird''

(20)

Stone Palaces

Geof Childs

``Les Bans''

103

(18)

Mountaineering Holiday in The Six Alpine/Himalayan Climbing Books

Frank Smythe

``Education in Verticality: A Short Comedy or Farce in Four Scenes''

121

(6)

A Fine Kind of Madness

Guy

Laura Waterman

``Early Alps: The Wild Years''

127

(30)

The Burgess Book of Lies

Adrian

Alan Burgess

``Neck and Neck with Reinhold''

157

(8)

Spirits of the Air in The Kurt Diemberger Omnibus

Kurt Diemberger

``Ice Capades''

165

(16)

Sherman Exposed

John Sherman

``Green Card''

181

(8)

Postcards from the Ledge

Greg Child

``The Gearfreak Caper: A Story''

189

(10)

A Fine Kind of Madness

Guy

Laura Waterman

``Fit for Nothing''

199

(14)

Storms of Silence

Joe Simpson

``Tales from the Gripped''

213

(14)

Sherman Exposed

John Sherman

``The Art of Climbing Down Gracefully: A Symposium of Commonly Used Ploys. . . .''

227

One Man's Mountains

Tom Patey

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