num_pages: 288
description: A revelatory and poignant memoir showing mountaineering at its extraordinary best and tragic worst as it draws an unforgettable picture of a dazzling argumentative and exuberant climbing legend.In the autumn of 1982 a single stone fell from high on the south face of Annapurna and struck Alex MacIntyre on the head killing him instantly and robbing the climbing world of one of its greatest talents.Although only 28 years old Alex was already one of the leading figures of British mountaineerings most successful era. His ascents included hard new routes on Himalayan giants like Dhaulagiri and Changabang and a glittering record of firsts in the Alps and Andes. Yet how Alex climbed was as important as what he climbed. He was a mountaineering prophet sharing with a handful of contemporaries  including his climbing partner Voytek Kurtyka  the vision of a purer form of alpinism on the world's highest peaks.
language: English
title: One Day as a Tiger: Alex MacIntyre and the Birth of Light and Fast Alpinism
publisher: Vertebrate Publishing