{"product_id":"thieves-liars-and-mountaineers-on-the-8-000m-peak-circus-in-pakistan-9780993413087","title":"Thieves, Liars and Mountaineers: On the 8,000m peak circus in Pakistan","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Mark Horrell\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Mountain Footsteps Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Mountain Footsteps Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Mountaineering\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the tale of Mark Horrell's not-so-nearly ascent of Gasherbrum in Pakistan, of how one man's boredom and frustration was conquered by a gutsy combination of exhaustion, cowardice, and sheer mountaineering incompetence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe made not one, not two, but three intrepid assaults, some of which got quite a distance beyond Base Camp, and overcame many perilous circumstances along the way. The mountaineer Joe Simpson famously crawled for three days with a broken leg, but did he ever have to read \u003cem\u003eAngels and Demons\u003c\/em\u003e by Dan Brown while waiting for a weather window?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut that's enough about Mark's attempt; there were some talented climbers on the mountain as well, and this story is also about them. How did they get on? Heroes, villains, oddballs and madmen - 8,000m peaks attract them all, and drama, intrigue and cock-ups aplenty were inevitable.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46475220648087,"sku":"9780993413087","price":982.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780993413087.jpg?v=1766272389","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/thieves-liars-and-mountaineers-on-the-8-000m-peak-circus-in-pakistan-9780993413087","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}