Lionel Terray: 4 books
by Lionel Terray
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2008
"If my library was to somehow catch fire and I could only save one book, the long out of print Conquistadors of the Useless, by Lionel Terray, would be it." -- Explore magazine
"The finest mountaineering narrative ever written." -- David Roberts, author of Mountain of My...
I conquistatori dell'inutile
Dalle Alpi all'Annapurna
Language: Italian
Release Date: April 26, 2017
Pubblicato dall’editore parigino Gallimard nel 1961, Les conquérants de l’inutile riceve l’immediato favore di un pubblico vastissimo, non solo per la fama internazionale del suo autore, il più grande alpinista francese del momento, ma per la qualità letteraria rivelata in pagine inaspettatamente...
Conquistadors of the Useless
From the Alps to Annapurna
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2014
'I have given my whole life to the mountains. Born at the foot of the Alps, I have been a ski champion, a professional guide, an amateur of the greatest climbs in the Alps and a member of eight expeditions to the Andes and the Himalayas. If the word has any meaning at all, I am a mountaineer.' So...
by Lionel Terray, Jean-christophe Rufin
Language: French
Release Date: April 13, 2017
Language: French
Release Date: April 13, 2017
Lionel Terray est né le 25 juillet 1921. Il est originaire de Grenoble et issu d'une famille aisée qui aurait plutôt aimé voir notre montagnard dans des professions quelque peu plus académiques. Il chausse ses premières planches à trois ans et demi et devient féru de glisse juqu'à vingt ans....