The Ogre by Doug Scott (2017) Black Canyon

The Ogre by Doug Scott (2017) Black CanyonBiography of a mountain and the dramatic story of the first ascent. A recent book describing a famous misadventure Doug Scott, Christian Bonington, Clive Rowland and Mo Anthoine had on the Ogre, a then virgin peak in the Karakoram. Bonington and Scott made the summit, but both suffered serious injuries while rappelling down to their high camp. Bonington broke his ribs, and Scott shattered both his ankles. Hardcover book, 178 pages, with color

modern US climbing's most iconic publication

Modern color guidebook to unroped climbs (scrambles) in Canada's awesome mountains

in nice shape with small chip missing at top of spine and general wear to edges otherwise

Slim German-language guide

and half the profits earned from the sale will be returned to him

Although it was the most successful mountaineering book of the last fifty years

Includes an Index

Haven't read it myself yet

Spine Quote: "Action is Virtue"

This book explains the origin of the names used for peaks

Reinhold Messner was the first person in the world to climb all 14 8

and Zoe Hart