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Where The Mountain Casts its Shadow

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The Personal Costs of Climbing   by Maria Coffey

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Published by Hutchinson London, 2003, 1st Edition, D/w, Nr.Fine.   Maria Coffey takes on the challenge of analysing the personal costs to the partners and families of mountaineers who are away for long periods or who do not return, including high profile names such as Bonington, Viesturs, Boukreev and Lowe. Coffey was Joe Tasker’s partner at the time of his disappearance on the N.E. Ridge of Everest in 1982.  Winner of the Mountain Literature Award of the 2003 Banff Mountain Book Festival.

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Weight.45 kg