by Maria Coffey · Hutchinson · tapa dura · ISBN 9780091795016
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«Where the Mountain Casts its Shadow» is Maria Coffey's mountaineering essay, published by Hutchinson in hardcover (208 pages, in English).
Maria Coffey, who lost Joe Tasker on Everest in 1982, gives voice to climbers and their families, addressing the human cost of climbing: risk addiction, separations, grief, and the pressure from those who wait. She questions the epic of mountaineering and portrays its private face, between wonder and devastation.
In 2004, Where the Mountain Casts its Shadow won the National Outdoor Book Award and was nominated for the Hubert Evans Non-Fiction Prize.
Recommended for mountaineering enthusiasts and sports nonfiction readers interested in the human side of climbing.
