Year: 1998
Author: Andrew Todhunter
Publisher: Anchor Books
ISBN: 0-385-48642-1
English language
Format: DjVu
Interactive table of contents: Yes

For serious climbers, scaling sheer rock faces of hundreds of thousands of feet is more a religion than a sport. In this captivating exploration of the daredevil world of rock climbing, Andrew Todhunter chronicles the two years he spent, from 1995-1997, following world-class climber and free-fall expert Dan Osman and his coterie of friends as they tested their will and their strength against the unyielding surfaces of the rock. And, in the course of his time with Osman, Todhunter also undertook a personal journey of his own as he weighed the risk of sudden death against his role as a new father. Beautifully written, "Fall of the Phantom Lord" will surely take its place alongside "Into Thin Air" and "The Perfect Storm" as a classic of adventure literature.

acknowledgments 8
part one 12
part two 58
part three 138
part four 169
afterword 214

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