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On Thin Ice is Mick FowlerOCOs second set of climbing memoirs, following Vertical Pleasure. Here, the celebrated mountaineer records his expeditions since 1990. Despite work and family commitments, he has maintained a regular series of ?big tripsOCO to challenging objectives around the world with a sequence of major successes: Taweche (1995, with Pat Littlejohn), Changabang (1997, with Steve Sustad, Andy Cave and Brendan Murphy), Arwa Tower (1999, with Sustad), Mount Kennedy (2000, with Cave), Siguniang (2002, with Paul Ramsden). SiguniangOCOs hard ice climbing on a fabulous face in deepest China was so admired by the international climbing community that it won the US ?Golden PitonOCO and the French ?Piolet dOCOOrOCO, both awards given for the finest alpine achievements in the world during that year. The author describes his travels in the great traditions, with engaging modesty and wit, but the climbs themselves are frequently so dramatic that the anxiety and tension forces its way to the surface to be matched by a corresponding relief and triumph when success and safe descent is achieved. Mick Fowler has thus become BritainOCOs most successful exponent of high-standard lightweig

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Author

Mick Fowler, Chris Bonington

Publisher

Not Avail

Published

2014

Language

EN

ISBN

9781906148713

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Memoir, Sports, Biography

Rating

4.4 / 5 (53 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14