To the Top of the World : Challenges in the Himalaya and Karakoram (Paperback)

by Messner, Reinhold; Neate, Jill

• ISBN13: 9780898866773
• ISBN10: 0898866774
• Edition: Paperback
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-10-01
• Publisher: Mountaineers Books

Summary

From Messner's most powerful works, he tells of his solo ascent of Everest, the tragedy of Manaslu and more.

Table of Contents

The Summit of our own Experience	p. 5
Not the Summit and not the Route--the Roundabout Way is the Goal	p. 7
A New Epoch has Begun	p. 12
Storm on Manaslu--Classic Himalaya Expedition	p. 13
The Style Must be Altered, not the Goal	p. 31
Gasherbrum I--Hidden Peak: The Challenge: an Eight-Thousander Alpine-Style	p. 49
Finally I had Found my Way	p. 79
Expedition to the Final Point: Without Oxygen on Mount Everest	p. 97
The Summit of My Mountaineering Dreams	p. 112
Solo: Without Outside Help on Nanga Parbat	p. 113
Renunciation of the Magic Line	p. 159
The Shadow of K2: Compromise on the Mountain of Mountains	p. 161
The Dot on the i	p. 179
The Crystal Horizon: Through Tibet to Mount Everest--Solo Ascent	p. 181
Like Renunciation, Roundabout Ways also Increase Uncertainty	p. 240
The Roundabout Way as a Goal: The Double Gasherbrum Traverse	p. 241
The 'Snow Lion' as Symbol of Challenge	p. 253
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