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Indlæser... Maverick Mountaineeraf Robert Wainwright
![]() Ingen Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog. ![]() ![]() Terriffic book. Great story a of a maverick Australian climber who, but for the pettiest politics within British climbing ranks, could well have stood upon the summit of Everest in 1924. George Ingle Finch, the (putative, thats a whole other story) father of actor Peter Finch, was a consummate climber and brilliant scientist. The book details his early climbing exploits in the Alps with his brother, and his quest for ever more difficult climbs, stymied by the fact that his abrasive personality and tell it like it is attitude got up the collective noses of the stuffy British climbing establishment, who punished him by ridiculing his belief that bottled oxygen was the way to go in Himalayan climbing and leaving him out of the 1924 Everest expedition after he had attained a then record height on the 1922 trip. This is a terrific read about an adventurous life, Boys Own stuff really. Highly recommended ingen anmeldelser | tilføj en anmeldelse
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George Ingle Finch, mountaineer, soldier, scientist, rebellious spirit, boy from the bush, was in his day one of the most famous men in the world. In 1922 he stood at the highest point on Everest, a feat not bettered for 30 years. He invented the predecessor to the puffer jacket and pioneered the use of oxygen in climbing. A World War I hero whose skills also helped save London from burning to the ground during the Blitz of World War II, he was a renowned scientist who was personally chosen by Nehru, the first Indian prime minister, to help lead his nation into the modern world.With a private life torn by war and misguided by social norms, a reputation as an outsider among the British alpine climbing establishment, and some rough and ready 'colonial' habits, Finch was a brilliantly colourful character - so why has he vanished from the pages of history? In this first full-length biography, Robert Wainwright surveys the man who is now best known as the father of Academy award-winning actor Peter Finch - but who was so much more. Ingen biblioteksbeskrivelser fundet. |
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