Crystal Horizon. Everest Solo
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A legendary book in a new edition. 40 years ago, Reinhold Messner made a solo ascent to the top of the world. His story about this accomplishment, which became a mountaineering sensation, describes not only the struggle for survival in the most difficult conditions at an altitude of almost nine kilometers, but also the overcoming of mental stress at the limit of human capabilities and the mystical experience of loneliness. Crystal horizon" - this is how the Everest massif appears before a climber who is approaching the snowy peaks of the Himalayas. Once Reinhold Messner had already been to the top of the world - in 1978. Two years later he went there again: without a partner, without porters and on a new route - from the side of Tibet.His analysis of previous expeditions to Everest, the chronology of his own ascent and experiences from reaching the summit, along with diary entries of his companion Nena Holguin, the author set out in a book that has become a classic of mountain literature. Over the decades, the text has undergone changes. The team of the project "Library Sport-Marathon" translated into Russian the current edition, in the original called "Everest solo: "Der gläserne Horizont".
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