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The Villain by Jim Perrin (Hardcover, 2005)
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Don Whillans has an iconic significance for generations of climbers. His epoch-making first ascent of Annapurna's South Face, achieved with Dougal Haston in 1970, remains one of the most impressive climbs ever made, a standard to which all modern Himalayan climbers aspire -but behind this and all his other formidable achievements lies a tough, recalcitrant reality- the character of the man himself. At twenty, Whillans was 5 foot 4 inches tall, a working-class lad with the build of a miniature Atlas. Within a year of entering the climbing world in 1950 he had acquired parallel reputations of great skill and daring on the one hand, and as a hell-raiser, a scrapper and a savage-tongued wit on the other - the Villain of the title, who was turned down for a Queen's Birthday Honour because of a violent fracas with several policemen. His world was miles away from the conventional public-school environment of the upper-class climbers who had for so long dominated the sport, and this itself led to tensions throughout his life. Whillans carried within himself a sense of personal invincibility, forceful, direct and uncompromising. It gave him sporting superstar status - the flawed heProduct Identifiers
PublisherCornerstone
ISBN-139780091794385
eBay Product ID (ePID)88791179
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Publication Year2005
Book TitleThe Villain
Number of Pages368 Pages
LanguageEnglish
GenreBiographies & True Stories, Sports
AuthorJim Perrin
FormatHardcover
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Item Weight651 g
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Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorJim Perrin
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- 17 Oct, 2021
Great read for climbers and non climbers
Great insight into the life of a ‘maverick’Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
