Read Freedom Climbers The Golden Age of Polish Climbing Legends and Lore Bernadette McDonald Books

Product details Series Legends and Lore Paperback 352 pages Publisher Mountaineers Books; Reprint edition (February 20, 2013) Language English ISBN-10 1594857563

Freedom Climbers The Golden Age of Polish Climbing Legends and Lore Bernadette McDonald Books Reviews

• I have accumulated a small library of climbing books now, and still climb when I get the chance, but I'm 64 and still working.This book was different from all the other climbing books I have read. I hated for this book to end. It made me aware of a different small group of climbers, and I gained an appreciation for their adventurous approach to climbing. The book is very well written which of course helps.
• Great book that really shows the difficulty Polish climbers had during the communist times. Also the amazing number of new and winter routes Poles put up in the Himalayas.
• One of the most compelling and insightful books I have ever read about high altitude mountaineering, and I have read nearly every single book written on the subject. Developed a whole new perspective on and admiration for those crazy Polish climbers, most of whom I had never heard of, and the few that I had heard of, knew very little about.
• Recommended reading for everybody interested in Mountaineering and history of himalaism , it's a remarkable real story of people and adventure .
• I thought I was tough til I read this. Now I understand why the Polish route is the Polish route. Great read!
• I have collected an extensive library of mountaineering books and have read everything about mountaineering that I can get my hands on. This book was the only book I have ever read that has illuminated my understanding of the accomplishments, suffering and sacrifices of the Polish climbers. I now have a clearer picture of how to gage or measure all other mountaineering achievements.
  
  The book was well written and I especially liked the photographs.
  
  I do recommend this book for anyone who wants a greater understanding of the amazing things that the mountaineering Poles did under such adverse conditions of the times.
• Great book for any fan of mountaineering or Polish culture
• Excellent read!