PRIZES to win! PROMOTIONS

Close Notification

Your cart does not contain any items

Tomaz Humar by Bernadette McDonald at Abbey's Bookshop,
Tomaz Humar
— —
Bernadette McDonald

Tomaz Humar

Bernadette McDonald

$32.99

Paperback

Not in-store but you can order this
How long will it take?
English
Arrow Books Ltd
05 February 2009
Biography: sport; Climbing & mountaineering
The heart-breaking, triumphant and inspirational story of Tomaz Humar, who fled Civil War in Yugoslavia and became one of the world's greatest - and most controversial - mountaineers.

In August, 2005, Tomaz Humar was trapped on a narrow ledge at 5900 metres on the formidable Rupal Face of Nanga Parbat. He had been attempting a new route, directly up the middle of the highest mountain face in the world - solo. After six days he was out of food, almost out of fuel and frequently buried by avalanches. Three helicopters were poised for a brief break in the weather to pluck him off the mountain. Because of the audacity of the climb, the fame of the climber, the high risk associated with the rescue, and the hourly reports posted on his base-camp website, the world was watching. Would this be the most spectacular rescue in climbing history? Or a tragic - and very public - death in the mountains?

Years before, as communism was collapsing and the Balkans slid into chaos, Humar was unceremoniously conscripted into a dirty war that he despised, where he observed brutal and inhumane atrocities that disgusted him. Finally he did the unthinkable- he left and finally arrived home in what had become a new country - Slovenia.

He returned to climbing, and within very few years, he was among the best in the world. Reinhold Messner, among others, called him the most remarkable mountain climber of his generation. His routes are seldom repeated; most consider them to be suicidal; yet he often climbs them solo. As this book was being written, he achieved the first-ever solo ascent of the east summit of Annapurna.

Tomaz Humar has cooperated with Bernadette McDonald, the distinguished former director of the Banff Festival and author of several books on mountaineering, to tell his utterly remarkable story.
By:  
Imprint:   Arrow Books Ltd
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 198mm,  Width: 129mm,  Spine: 17mm
Weight:   192g
ISBN:   9780099505099
ISBN 10:   0099505096
Pages:   272
Publication Date:  
Recommended Age:   From 0 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Bernadette McDonald's biography of Elizabeth Hawley, I'll Call You in Kathmandu, was published in 2005. For many years she was Vice-President, Mountain Culture at The Banff Center and Director of The Banff Mountain Film and Book Festivals. Her most recent book is a biography of the renowned American climber, Charlie Houston.

Reviews for Tomaz Humar

The intense and penetrating biography of one of the brightest burning flames in modern climbing . . . McDonald empathizes with Humar's passion, being a climber herself, and the resulting book is a must read for anyone with a love of pushing the boundaries. <br>-- Adventure Travel <br><br><br> From the Hardcover edition.


See Also

Tomaz Humar

Sometimes I forgot to laugh

Peter Roebuck

Paperback

$36.99 

In Stock 😊

ADD +
Tomaz Humar

Silk

Football, Family, Respect

Shaun Burgoyne

Hardback

$45 

Not in-store but you can order this

ADD +
Tomaz Humar

On Her Game

Caitlin Clark and the Revolution...

Christine Brennan

Hardback

$59.99 

Not in-store but you can order this

ADD +
Tomaz Humar

Pipe Dreams

A Surfer's Journey

Kelly Slater

Paperback

$29.99 

Not in-store but you can order this

ADD +
Tomaz Humar

LeBron

Jeff Benedict

Paperback

$26.99 

Not in-store but you can order this

ADD +
Tomaz Humar

Caged Lion

Joseph Pilates and His Legacy

John Howard Steel

Paperback

$26.95 

Not in-store but you can order this

ADD +