Fall of Heaven: Whymper's Tragic Matterhorn Climb

by Reinhold Messner

Book Overview

As Fall of Heaven begins, we join professional mountain guide Jean-Antoine Carrel as he tries and fails, again and again, to summit the Matterhorn--one of the most famous and iconic peaks in the Alps. Is it the "Devil's mountain," as the locals call it? Should he heed the village priest who warned that its summit was not meant to be climbed? Carrel is undeterred, he just needs capable climbers to join him. Enter Edward Whymper, who in 1861...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1680510851
• ISBN13: 9781680510850
• Release Date: August 2017
• Publisher: Mountaineers Books
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.8"