- Gebundene Ausgabe: 321 Seiten
- Verlag: Henry Holt & Company Inc; Auflage: Tion (Januar 2001)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 080506284X
- ISBN-13: 978-0805062847
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 24,4 x 16,5 x 3 cm
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 1.330.543 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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On October 13, 1980, alpinists Rick Ridgeway and Yvon Chouinard, in company with National Geographic photographer Jonathan Wright, were struggling up the slopes of the little-explored Tibetan mountain Minya Konka when an avalanche swallowed them. Wright, only 28 years old, died. As he did, Ridgeway writes, "something left him. I saw it." The survivors buried Wright in a rocky grave on Minya Konka's flanks and, dispirited, returned home with the haunting vision of that death always in their memories.
Fast-forward nearly 20 years. Wright's daughter, an infant when he died, asks Ridgeway to take her to Tibet, climb Minya Konka with her, and find her father's grave. Their remarkable journey in honor of a lost friend and father, one that would honor Wright's vow "to live each day as though it were my only one" and that would take them into mountains that had never before been climbed, forms the heart of Ridgeway's thoughtful memoir, which is sure to become a classic of mountaineering literature. The book is, however, more than a simple narrative of a difficult task accomplished; it affords Ridgeway an opportunity to reflect on his many perilous adventures (kayaking in the stormy waters off Tierra del Fuego and scaling Mount Everest among them) and on what drives him to undertake such challenges in the face of hard-earned knowledge of the risks involved--all of it having something to do, as he writes, with "telling yourself you're not sure you can make it, but making it anyway."
Like Peter Matthiessen's Snow Leopard, Ridgeway's book involves a voyage of personal discovery that's rich with meaning. And, like Matthiessen's book, Below Another Sky deserves a place on the shelves of anyone possessed by the spirit of adventure. --Gregory McNamee
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In October 1980, the author was in Tibet, on the side of a mountain, when an avalanche came out of nowhere, burying him and his companions. Ridgeway managed to survive it, but his friend, Jonathan, was not so lucky. Ridgeway buried him on the mountain. Now, two decades later, he goes back to the mountain, accompanied by Jonathan's daughter, who wants to visit the place where her father died. This mixture of travel adventure and autobiography is among the best of its kind, definitely deserving of comparison to Jon Krakauer's Into Thin Air. The story itself is packed with emotion--Can anyone read about a young woman's odyssey to find her father's grave without getting a little misty?--but Ridgeway's handling of the material makes it even more so. His own life as an adventurer has been punctuated by excitement and tragedy (Jonathan was not his only friend to lose his life on a mountain), and readers who imagine mountain climbing as a man-versus-mountain affair may be surprised to learn that the real battle is between a climber and his or her own fears. This is a first-rate book, deeply moving and haunting. David Pitt
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A Soulful Adventure
22. Januar 2001
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Because the "Lost Father" in the title of this book was a close friend and had, and continues to have, an enormous impact on my life, I picked up Rick's book with anticipation and some trepidation as well. Any fears were groundless.
Rick has woven a marvelous fabric of adventure intertwined with a young woman's courageous journey into unknown parts of the world to search for the answers to questions she has asked her entire life. He binds the story with the thread of his own soul searching and past adventures, described in a straightforward, heartful manner.
This book touched me deeply. And also entertained me. Rick is a great story-teller, using simple, matter-of-fact language to describe hair-raising, and even life-threatening situations.
This is a book for lovers of adventure, for those in the middle of their lives, taking time to look back as well as forward, for those with unanswered questions in their lives, and for anyone with a father - known or unknown.
I highly recommend this book
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What a fantastic book...
19. Juni 2001
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I had originally read the story of Rick and Asia's journey in Outside Magazine. I could not wait to pick up the book. I have to say, whether you are a fan of the outdoors or not, this is a book for everyone. It is a book about friendships, family, life and death. The playing field just happens to be in the Himalayan Range. Rick has done such a fantastic job of writing that you don't just read this book, you join them on their trek to find a father and friend.
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Human Loss and Discovery in the Mountains
5. Februar 2001
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As a climber and lover of mountains, I have read many mountain adventure books. They provide an enjoyable vicarious pleasure, and occasionally even penetrate to a significant illumination of the mysteries of the human spirit that make the experience of hardship and danger in nature (be it mountains, desert, ocean, etc.) such a powerful lure for many. This book, while it had those elements, was something totally different.
My wife lost her father when she was eight years old, also in the mountains. From there the stories diverge in many ways, but the central theme of trying to find, and restore into her life, the father who she never knew, made Asia the star of this book, and her gift in allowing such an intensely personal story to be shared by the world is simply extraordinary. From my own experience I felt I understood her quest and her reactions, and yet the literary grace of the book, along with the beautiful design of the trip itself, left me with a far better understanding of my own wife (and a whole lot of tears).
This book is about the living, not the dead; and that is the real lesson at the end. Thank you Asia, and thank you Rick, for sharing it. It is a glorious gem.
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