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THE VILLAIN
THE LIFE OF DON WHILLANS |
| By: |
Jim Perrin |
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Paperback |
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£16.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0099416727 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780099416722 |
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| Publisher: |
CORNERSTONE |
| Pub. date: |
6 April, 2006 |
| Pages: |
368 |
| Description: |
Don Whillans has an iconic significance for generations of climbers. His epoch-making first ascent of Annapurna's South Face, achieved with Dougal Haston in 1970, remains one of the most impressive climbs ever made - but behind this and all his other formidable achievements lies a tough, recalcitrant reality: the character of the man himself. |
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Don Whillans has an iconic significance for generations of climbers. His epoch-making first ascent of Annapurna's South Face, achieved with Dougal Haston in 1970, remains one of the most impressive climbs ever made - but behind this and all his other formidable achievements lies a tough, recalcitrant reality: the character of the man himself. Whillans carried within himself a sense of personal invincibility, forceful, direct and uncompromising. It gave him sporting superstar status - the flawed heroism of a Best, a McEnroe, an Ali. In his own circle, his image was the working-class hero on the rock-face, laconic and bellicose, ready to go to war with the elements or with any human who crossed his path on a bad day. |
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UK |
| Imprint: |
Arrow Books Ltd |
| Prizes: |
Winner of Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature 2005 |
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