8, 000m: Climbing The World's Highest Mountains

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Alan Hinkes is the first Briton to have climbed all 14 of the world's 8, 000m mountains. Here he relates these epic ascent, the successes & near misses, base camps & summits, & the people he has got to know along the way, as well as the beauty, harshness & danger of the world's highest mountains. Following in the footsteps of Reinhold Messner & Jerzy Kukuczka, Alan explored the mountains alongside a tiny number of international climbers similarly drawn to the extreme hardships & challenges of high-altitude mountaineering. Most of the climbs were made Alpine-style, as part of small, lightweight expeditions. A number of summits, including those of K2 & Kangchenjunga, were climbed solo. This account of his immense achievement is graphic & richly illustrated with his unique & dramatic photographs, taken under extreme conditions in some of the world's most challenging settings. As Joe Cornish writes, his photographs are both a moving documentary record, & artistic expression, of what it means to encounter the highest places in the world.• Over 200 unique & breathtaking photographs• Descriptions of the 14 ascents, with reflections on some of Alan's climbing heroes & aspects of high-altitude life & survival from clothing to making chips• Listings of the 8, 000m first ascents & summiteers