The Climbers
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| Originally published | 1978 |
| Authors | M. John Harrison |
| Genres | Fiction |
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| ID | 2046080 |
About The Climbers
One of M. John Harrison's most acclaimed novels in a career of near universal acclaim, CLIMBERS is, perhaps, the least fantastical of his novels. . . .
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... About 15 million people watched as The Climbers ascended the spectacular stack...
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... The Climbers said it was " the biggest adventure" in the sport in the UK...
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... As well as using drone cameras to find The Climbers, the drones can now be fitted with lights and loudspeakers to help communicate with those who are trapped...
Corona virus: Chinese researchers start Everest climb in the midst of a pandemic
... mountain climbing record-holder say that if The Climbers make it to the summit, it would be a very rare case, the only Chinese climber to the summit...
Tom Ballard: Bodies found in missing climbers search
... On Wednesday it was reported the search had been called off, but resumed when silhouettes were spotted on a passage taken by The Climbers...
Tom Ballard: Missing climbers 'assumed dead' as search ends
... He said the team, Pakistan s military and The Climbers families and friends had done everything possible to find the missing men...
The blind climbers of Kilimanjaro
... Eight embarked on the journey but on the evening of 19 February, after sleeping in a cave and making a steep and rocky climb that day, one of The Climbers had to drop out...
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... There was little movement, except for The Climbers...
The blind climbers of Kilimanjaro
On 20 February 1969, seven blind climbers and their four sighted companions completed the arduous trek to the 5,750m (18,865ft) crater summit of Mount Kilimanjaro , in Tanzania.
The Group took nine hours to climb The Last 914. 4m (3,000ft), fighting against high winds and freezing temperatures, to where they observed a circling Fokker F27 Friendship aircraft dipping its wings in a salute to their achievement.
The object of the expedition - the brainchild of John Wilson , founder of The Charity Sightsavers - was to "help create a new image of blindness in Africa" and demonstrate that "trained blind people have the mental and physical stamina to achieve exacting goals".
Eight embarked on The Journey but on the evening of 19 February, after sleeping in a cave and making a steep and Rocky Climb That Day , one of The Climbers had to drop out.
"That Day we had sore feet And One or Two People started being sick from the altitude," said Geoffrey Salisbury, of The Royal Commonwealth Society for The Blind , as Sightsavers was then known.
"By now, we were all suffering from burned faces due to the direct rays of The Sun .
"We came across our First Snow . I climbed The Rocks and broke off a giant icicle and showed it to John Opio, who was suffering from a headache
"He was so startled that I think he forgot The Pain .
"It was at this point that John Kisaka, from Tanzania, asked to drop out.
"He had climbed gallantly but was obviously not fit to go on. "
The fittest trekkers were selected from hundreds of volunteers from Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania and underwent a two-week training programme, which included Rope Climbing , night camping and mastering the use of mountaineering equipment.
The Trek was covered on front pages of African newspapers and all the trekkers received a hero's welcome. Three pairs of their worn out boots are displayed in the Ugandan National Museum .
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documentary photography, photography, blindness and visual-impairment
Source of news: bbc.com