by Jon Krakauer · Piper Verlag GmbH · tapa blanda · ISBN 9783492231978
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«Auf den Gipfeln der Welt» is Jon Krakauer's book of mountain stories, published by Piper in paperback (289 pages, in German).
Krakauer, author of the bestseller «In eisige Höhen», brings together twelve reports on his experiences in mountaineering and canyoning: ascents of Everest, K2, Mont Blanc and the Eiger North Face, as well as his successful solo climb of the Devils Thumb in Alaska. He also portrays famous climbers who risk their lives for their passion and reflects on the appeal of mountains.
Work originally published as «Eiger Dreams: Ventures Among Men and Mountains».
Jon Krakauer is an American writer and mountaineer. He is the author of bestselling nonfiction books—Into the Wild; Into Thin Air; Under the Banner of Heaven; and Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman—as well as numerous magazine articles. He was a member of an ill-fated expedition to summit Mount Everest in 1996, one of the deadliest disasters in the history of climbing Everest, which would become the subject of Into Thin Air.
