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| Introduction: Who was Hermann Buhl? | ||
| A Man Driven | 11 | |
| Climbing Was the Essence of Buhl's Life | 15 | |
| What Kind of Father Was Buhl? | 26 | |
| How I Experienced Buhl | 29 | |
| Part 1 | The Beginning: The Mountains as a Homeland | |
| First Diary: 1 May 1940 to 20 June 1941 | 37 | |
| Beginnings... | 45 | |
| The Rise of the Star | 47 | |
| Second Diary: 1 January 1942 to 21 November 1943 | 48 | |
| Third Diary: 21 June 1944 to 3 August 1950 | 61 | |
| First Winter Ascent of the South West Face of the Marmolata | 69 | |
| The North Face of the Western Zinne | 76 | |
| On the Walker Spur of the Grandes Jorasses | 81 | |
| First Complete Traverse of the Aiguilles de Chamonix | 91 | |
| Part 2 | The Ascent: Nanga Parbat as the Goal | |
| Storm on the Tofana Buttress | 106 | |
| Alone on the North East Face of the Badile | 113 | |
| Night Climb | 123 | |
| Nanga Parbat | 128 | |
| First Expedition Diary: 17 April--2 June 1953 | 129 | |
| Second Expedition Diary: 3 June--2 July 1953 | 133 | |
| The Summit Push | 142 | |
| The Star | 153 | |
| Part 3 | The Star and the Death: From the Challenge of Broad Peak to the End | |
| The West Face of the Dru | 160 | |
| Broad Peak: Hermann Buhl's Report | 171 | |
| The Death--the Myth Lives On... | 183 | |
| Appendices | ||
| Appendix 1 | The "Original" Hermann Buhl | 191 |
| Appendix 2 | Hermann Buhl's Route List | 195 |
| Appendix 3 | Sources | 201 |
| Appendix 4 | Bibliography | 202 |
| Price | Condition | Delivery | Seller | Action |
| $99.99 | Digital |
| WonderClub |
Justin Flores
reviewed Hermann Buhl: Climbing Without Compromise on January 19, 2016
Hermann Buhl: Climbing Without Compromise
A biography of Hermann Buhl, probably the greatest climber of the 1940's, by the great climber Reinhold Messner and Horst Hofler. Apparently Herman Buhl was Messner's hero, in his youth.
Messner makes a case that the earlier book on Buhl - "Nanga Parbat Pilgrimage" - was over-edited by Kurt Maix. This book concentrates on text as written by Buhl himself.
It is incredible to read of the terrain that Buhl climbed without any aids that are common today. In fact, much terrain was climbed free. In a few places, Buhl refers to how great "rubber' climbing shoes are. Presumably he is referring to the use of Vibram soles rather than the earlier nailed boots.
Being poor in his early years, he often bicycled to his climbs. The NE Face of the Badile required a 140 km cycle just to get to it (and back). His crowning achievement was the first ascent of Nanga Parbat in 1953, which involved a bivouac at 8000 m., just 150 m below the summit. Later he climbed Broad Peak, becoming the first non-Nepalese to climb two 8000 m. peaks.
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