Steve Sieberson

Naked Mountaineer (eBook, ePUB)

Misadventures of an Alpine Traveler

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The Naked Mountaineer recounts a series of solo journeys to some of the world's most exotic peaks in places such as Switzerland, Japan, and Borneo. However, it is far from the typical heroic mountain-expedition book. Although Steve Sieberson did reach many summits, in most cases his travels were more memorable for what he encountered along the way than for the actual climbing. His real adventures involved peculiar people, strange foods, and tropical diseases, rather than pitons, ice axes, and carabiners. On the Matterhorn he met an English alpinist who reveled in naked selfies, he stumbled into a cockfight in a Balinese village, and on a volcano in Italy he was mistaken for a famous singer by an insistent fan.The Naked Mountaineer offers mountain-themed travel stories with a wide-eyed view of the world, while presenting irreverent commentary on climbers and their peculiar sport. These are rollicking tales, filled with the unexpected.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Nebraska
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780803286511
• Artikelnr.: 55282043

Autorenporträt

Steve Sieberson began his mountaineering career in the late 1970s in Washington State and eventually became a climb leader for one of the country's premier outdoor organizations, the Mountaineers. He spent sixteen years as a member of Seattle Mountain Rescue, practiced international law in Seattle for twenty-five years, and is now a professor of law at Creighton University in Omaha. Lou Whittaker is the dean of American mountaineering and the country's foremost professional mountaineering guide.  

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword by Lou Whittaker     Preface     Acknowledgments     Prologue: Where Climbers Are Made     1. The Naked Mountaineer: Matterhorn
Switzerland
14
692'     2. Pitching the Horseshoe: Snowdon
Wales
3
560'     3. The Unorthodox Climber: Mount Athos
Greece
6
670'     4. Climbing Backward: Gorge of Samaria
Greece     5. No Gods but Me: Mount Olympus
Greece
9
570'
and Mount Olympus
Washington
7
965'     6. Crawling for Sushi: Mount Fuji
Japan
12
388'     7. Knickers in a Twist: Mount Vesuvius
Italy
4
200'     8. Twin Peaks in Paradise: Gunung Agung
Bali
Indonesia
10
308'     9. Expedition to Nowhere: Carstensz Pyramid
Papua
Indonesia
16
024'     10. The Mountaineer Unplugged: Mount Kinabalu
Sabah
Malaysia
13
435'     11. Northern Exposure: Galdhøpiggen
Norway
8
100'     12. So the Last Shall Be First: Mount St. Helens
Washington
9
677' and 8
363'     Epilogue: The Sirens’ Call