$70 SACRED SUMMITS, Peter Boardman, Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1982, 264 page hardback, VG+, VG+ jacket, small bookplate of Kiwi guide Gary Ball
SACRED SUMMITS, Peter Boardman, Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1982, 264 page hardback, VG+, VG+ jacket, small bookplate of Kiwi guide Gary Ball fep, B&W and colour plates....Sacred Summits is English mountaineer Peter Boardman's account of a single climbing year in which he ascended three different mountains, each of which is regarded as sacred by the peoples who live below them. Specifically, Sacred Summits discusses Boardmans' expeditions to Carstensz Pyramid (Punstas Jaya) in the Snow Mountains of New Guinea from 1978-1979 and Kangchenjunga and Gauri Shankar in the Himalayas in 1979. Fine writing...$70
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