Among secret beauties
Subtitle: a memoir of mountaineering in New Zealand and the Himalayas
By: Brian Wilkins
Publisher: Otago University Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: [Otago, New Zealand]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 215
ISBN-13: 9781877578489
Subjects: Mountaineers; Biography; Mountaineering
Other titles: Among secret beauties :
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. Revelation and survival; title: 2. Bold moves; title: 3. To the kingdom of virgins; title: 4. The Himalayan rocket; title: 5. Unclimbed eastern Nepal; title: 6. High promise and Hillary's near-death; title: 7. Crystals in the sunlight; title: 8. Standing back; title: 9. Final whistle : kicked into touch; title: 10. The nature of nurture; title: 11. Getting the feel of it; title: 12. Raising the bar; title: 13. Mount Aspiring lets us through; title: 14. Castle above the Milford Track; title: 15. A shorter life; title: 16. A chapter for Brother Ass; title: 17. Leaving and staying.