Tuesday, 12 March 2013

Snowshoes and Shipton: Climbing Muztag Ata in the Chinese Pamirs

Snowshoes and Shipton: Climbing Muztag Ata in the Chinese Pamirs by Mark Horrell. $0.99 from Smashwords.com





The great mountain explorer Eric Shipton failed to reach the summit of Muztag Ata, vomited from exhaustion on the way down and arrived back with frostbite. Undeterred by Shipton's failure, Mark Horrell thought he'd have a go at the mountain himself. Despite its gentle appearance, it reaches an impressive height of 7546m, higher than he'd ever climbed before. This is the diary of his adventure.

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