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Of Mountains and Men is an epic quest started by chance in a small graveyard not far from the Matterhorn, in the Swiss town of Zermatt. Three young British students – William Bell, Ian McKean, and James Ogilvie, “friends from Oxford killed together while climbing the Matterhorn in 1948” – are buried there. Intrigued, the author decides to find out more about them, and soon what began merely as a whim becomes an extraordinary journey that takes the reader from the heart of the Alps to Oxford and the Scottish Highlands, via the sandy beaches of Mauritius and the snow-capped peaks of Bolivia and Kenya.
Full of serendipity moments, this book is a real-life detective adventure that tells how the stories of William (a poet destined for greatness), Ian (a young Labour politician tipped for the top) and James (a decorated war hero) were unearthed. Above all, Of Mountains and Men is a passionate attempt to explore why for some people climbing mountains is a search for their own soul.
Weight:
505 g
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Product Type:
Books
Language:
English
EAN:
9780956728890
Year of publication:
2016
Categories: Climbing Stories