The Bond by Simon Mccartney
Simon McCartney was a cocky young British alpinist climbing many of the hardest routes in the Alps during the late seventies, but a chance meeting in Chamonix in 1977 with Californian Stonemaster Jack Roberts dramatically changed both their lives and almost ended Simons.The Bondis McCartneys award-winning story of his legendary climbs.
This book portrays life at the very edge of existence' – Graham Desroy, Chair of Judges, Boardman Tasker Award
'Recalled and written thirty years after the fact, The Bond is an intoxicating read told with an immediacy that transports one directly onto the face of the mountain. The word epic is the most overused word in the climbers lexicon but this is an epic tale in the true sense of the word.' – Paul Pritchard, 2016 Banff Mountain Book Competition Jury
'Recalled and written thirty years after the fact, The Bond is an intoxicating read told with an immediacy that transports one directly onto the face of the mountain. The word epic is the most overused word in the climbers lexicon but this is an epic tale in the true sense of the word.' – Paul Pritchard, 2016 Banff Mountain Book Competition Jury
Simon McCartney was born in London in 1955 and was introduced to the mountains of the UK by his father, Mac. He became addicted to climbing in his early teens and spent his school holidays climbing all over the UK. A fine season in 1977 as the sorcerer’s apprentice to Dave Wilkinson, one of Britain’s leading alpinists, produced a number of paradigm-changing climbs. A first and extreme ascent in the Bernese Oberland and a string of second ascents and test-piece climbs around Chamonix changed Simon’s perspective on what was possible. The pair attempted a summer ascent of the north face of the Eiger but were thwarted by poor weather. Simon climbed the route in the winter of 1979. In 1977 Simon met Californian ‘Stonemaster’ Jack Roberts in a Chamonix bar. A partnership was formed and the pair went on to test the limits of their ability on two remarkable first ascents in Alaska, the second of which, on Denali in 1980, effectively ended Simon’s climbing career. Simon is now a successful businessman living in Hong Kong where his dubious talent in calculated but compulsive risk-taking has continued, albeit on South East Asia’s most prestigious buildings. The Bond is his first book.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781911342557 |
| ISBN 10 | 191134255X |
| Title | The Bond |
| Author | Simon Mccartney |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Vertebrate Publishing Ltd |
| Year published | 2017-11-02 |
| Number of pages | 352 |
| Prizes | Winner of Boardman Tasker Award for Mountain Literature 2016 (UK), Winner of Mountain and Wilderness Literature Award, 2016 Banff Mountain Book Festival 2016 (Canada), Winner of ITAS Mountain Book Award 2019 (Italy) |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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