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Flame Of Adventure

  • Imprint: Vintage

  • ISBN: 9780099283867

  • Length: 256  Pages

  • Dimensions: 198mm x 17mm x 129mm

  • Weight: 193g

  • RRP: £9.99

Flame Of Adventure

Simon Yates, author of Against the Wall, takes us back to his early years as a climber - the escapades and excitement of a young life lived on the edge and for the moment, when experience was all-important and dramatic achievements and failures came as naturally as the hair-raising risks themselves.

A mountaineering travelogue of dazzling variety, The Flame of Adventure moves from the camaraderie of deprived Russian climbers in the little-known peaks in the Tien Shan to the awesome experience of the North Face of the Eiger, from a rumbustious motorbike ride across Australia with a psychotic lorry driver. We meet a remarkable gallery of climbers, from Doug Scott to Joe Simpson, and, when not exploring high mountains, we enter the bizarre world of rope access workers: mavericks balancing high above building sites on the London skyline.

  • Imprint: Vintage

  • ISBN: 9780099283867

  • Length: 256  Pages

  • Dimensions: 198mm x 17mm x 129mm

  • Weight: 193g

  • RRP: £9.99

Reviews

  • Simon Yates' remarkable climbing journal, which offers the armchair alpinist a detailed account of lucky escapes, near disasters and more than a few triumphs, is one of the most readable mountaineering books currently on the market

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About the Author

Simon Yates

Simon Yates has climbed extensively in the Himalayas and the Andes, and travelled through India, Kazakhstan and Australia. His first book, Against the Wall, was runner-up for the Boardman Tasker Award for mountain literature.

Simon Yates

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