Description: Buhl, Hermann. Nanga Parbat Pilgrimage. A Mountaineer's autobiography by Hermann Buhl who climbed Alone to the Summit of Nanga Parbat. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1956. First edition. 8vo. pp. 360; photo. illusts., 3 sketch maps; VG in original green cloth, in d.j. which is slightly chipped to extremities, small mark to spine. Signed to title by Fritz Wintersteller and Qader Saeed. Highly respected amongst his fellow climbers, Buhl's greatest achievement was his solo ascent of Nanga Parbat, which was also the only solo first climb on an 8000+m peak. His memoir, Nanga Parbat Pilgrimage, contains details of his Alpine climbs, with only the final fifty pages devoted to his Nanga Parbat achievement. The book is signed by Fritz Wintersteller, who was with Buhl on his later expedition to Broad Peak, and also signed the Pakistani liaison officer on that expedition, Qader Saeed.
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Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Signed
Illustrator: None
Year Printed: 1956
Region: Asia
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
Binding: Hardback
Original/Facsimile: Original
Place of Publication: London
Language: English
Non-Fiction Subject: Mountaineering
Author: Hermann Buhl
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
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Fiction Subject: None
Original/Reproduction: Original
