{"product_id":"unknown-pleasures-collected-writing-on-life-death-climbing-and-everything-in-between-9781911342731","title":"Unknown Pleasures: Collected Writing on Life, Death, Climbing and Everything in Between","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Andy Kirkpatrick\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Vertebrate Publishing\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Vertebrate Publishing\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Mountaineering\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e'The idea of owning anything except the experience is hubris.'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eUnknown Pleasures\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e is a collection of works by the climber and award-winning author \u003cb\u003eAndy Kirkpatrick\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eObsessed with climbing and addicted to writing, Kirkpatrick is a master storyteller. Covering subjects as diverse as climbing, relationships, fatherhood, mental health and the media, it is easy to read, sometimes difficult to digest, and impossible to forget.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne moment he is attempting a rare solo ascent of Norway's Troll Wall, the next he is surrounded by the TV circus while climbing Moonlight Buttress with the BBC's \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eOne Show\u003c\/i\u003e presenter Alex Jones. Yosemite's El Capitan is ever-present; he climbs it alone - strung out for weeks, and he climbs it with his thirteen-year-old daughter Ella - her first big wall.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis eye for observation and skilled wordcraft make for laugh-out-loud funny moments, while in more hard-hitting pieces he is unflinchingly honest about past and present love and relationships, and pulls no punches with an alternative perspective of our place in the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eUnknown \u003cbr\u003ePleasures\u003c\/i\u003e is Andy Kirkpatrick \u003cbr\u003eat his brilliant best.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vertebrate Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45046478930071,"sku":"9781911342731","price":1600.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781911342731.webp?v=1769218286","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/unknown-pleasures-collected-writing-on-life-death-climbing-and-everything-in-between-9781911342731","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}