Art of Freedom

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A profound and moving biography of one of the international climbing world s most respected, complicated and reclusive mountaineers. Voytek Kurtyka remains one of the greatest alpinists of all time Born in 1947, he was one of the leading lights of the Polish golden age of Himalayan climbing His visionary approach to climbing resulted in many renowned ascents, such as the complete Broad Peak traverse, the night naked speed climbs of Cho Oyu and Shishapangma and, above all, the alpine style ascent of the West Face of Gasherbrum IV Dubbed the climb of the century, his route on G IV, as of 2016, has yet to be repeated His most frequent climbing partners were alpine legends of their time Polish Himalayan climber Jerzy Kukuczka, Swiss mountain guide Erhard Loretan and British alpinist Alex MacIntyre.After repeated requests to accept the Piolet d Or lifetime achievement award the Academy Award of the climbing world , Kurtyka finally accepted the honour in the spring of 2016 A fiercely private individual, he continues to decline countless invitations for interviews, lectures and festival appearances, but has agreed to co operate with internationally renowned and award winning Canadian author Bernadette McDonald on this long awaited biography.Certain to be a major event in the climbing world, Art of Freedom will appeal to all readers who dream of mountain landscapes and those who long to touch the sky. Best Read [ Art of Freedom ] By [ Bernadette McDonald ] – kino-fada.fr Dla os b znaj cych histori Kurtyki i przy okazji histori rodzimego wspinania ta ksi ka b dzie po prostu nudna I nie pomagaj wtr ty filozoficzne, bo przecie cie k g ry znamy wszyscy od lat By mo e nawet z szacunku do Kurtyki i jego specyficznego ...Ksi ka o wyj tkowym wspinaczu, wi c troch inna ni wszystkie Spok j i si a charakteru Kurtyki przebijaj przez jej karty, a McDonald bardzo si stara a zrozumie swojego bohatera Ja nie zawsze rozumia am jego wszystkie decyzje, jego podej cie, ale dobrze by o poznac go lepiej Wyr niaj ca si posta w barwnym panteonie g rskich jednostek To, co najbardziej mi w nim zaimponowa o, to umiej tno odpuszczania i budowania ...I highly recommend this book Buy it now and read it Put it on your Christmas list for your friends Perhaps give it to your budding climber or your student graduating high school or college next spring McDonald crafted a significant biography of Voytek Kurtyka that has enough lessons of success, failure, and maintaining joy through it all that goes beyond climbing and can apply to how we can all live our lives Kurtyka would likely discourage any of us from emulating him, but I think he would I highly recommend this book Buy it now and read it Put it on your Christmas list for your friends Perhaps give it to your budding climber or your student graduating high school or college next spring McDonald crafted a significant biography of Voytek Kurtyka that has enough lessons of success, failure, and maintaining joy through it all that goes beyond climbing and can apply to how we can all live our lives Kurtyka would likely discourage any of us from emulating him, but I think he would encourage us to be confident in our self identities and to seek beauty in others and around our world and guard it.Not long ago I did not know much about Voytek Kurtyka though I associated his name with Robert Schauer s whenever anyone mentioned the legendary first and only ascent of the West Face, or Shining Wall, of Gasherbrum IV, but I knew so little about him he didn t yet stand out McDonald s award winning book Freedom Climbers 2011 told usabout Kurtyka than any other English language source to dat...Ksi ka wpisuje si niestety w now manier pisania ksi ek na podstawie innych ksi ek Mam wra enie, e niewiele tre ci wynika z bezpo redniej rozmowy z bohaterem a on przecie yje Bohater wybrany na 5 z plusem, dobra synteza doko...Jedna z najlepszych ksi ek g rskich jakie czyta em do tej pory, ale jak e m g bym spodziewa si innej opinii je li jej bohaterem jest posta nietuzinkowa G rski intelektualista, yciowy esteta, kt ry wci pod a cie k G r...Very well written book, loved it.Nie atwa lektura, bo nie atwy obiekt Jak wspinaczka na osiem tysi cy noc i nago Jednak warto

Art of Freedom
  • English
  • 19 February 2018
  • Hardcover
  • 328 pages
  • 1771602120
  • Bernadette McDonald
  • Art of Freedom