Mountain Literature
Gary Hemming by Mirella Tenderini
By Alberto Pezzini Published: 13/09/2008
A historic book. The most classic and polished work on Hemming. Tenderini must have filed this text down countless times. To make it lean, without a single comma too many.It's a fairly slim book, but…
Into the Wild (Nelle terre estreme) - Jon Krakauer
By Redazione Published: 19/11/2007
In April 1992 Chris McCandless, a young man from a well-off family, set off alone into the vastness of Alaska, north of Mount McKinley. He had abandoned all his possessions and given his savings to…
Into Thin Air (Aria Sottile) by Jon Krakauer
By Redazione Published: 19/11/2007
Put this together with the feeling of muscular fatigue first and psychological fatigue after, and "the climb" becomes an experience more like...Why "Aria Sottile" (thin air)? Anyone who has been in the high mountains knows…
K2, Chogori - La Grande Montagna (The Great Mountain)
By Redazione Published: 19/11/2007
It's a mountain more dangerous and more difficult than Everest: it's K2, Chogori, as the locals call it, that is to say "the great mountain".The imposing rocky pyramid that stands out in the Karakorum is,…
Cometa sull'Annapurna (Comet over Annapurna) by Simone Moro
By Redazione Published: 19/11/2007
A moving story… We read Simone Moro's book with amazement. The book is the fruit of the tragic experience the author went through: falling 800 m, swept away by an avalanche on the slopes of…
Maria Zef - Paola Drigo
By Redazione Published: 01/09/2007
Perhaps you happen to feel like reading something about the mountains that is not necessarily about conquest or extreme sports.We have plenty of photo books on our shelves and few of them tell of the…