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Solo Journeys in the Southern Alps of New Zealand
Aat Vervoorn is well known in New Zealand mountaineering circles for his first book Beyond the Snowline, which, despite being written over 25 years ago, is widely regarded as one of the best books on New Zealand mountaineering from the modern era.
Mountain Solitudes covers 15 years of solo climbing and transalpine tramping in the rugged South Westland section of new Zealand's Southern Alps. Reflective and original, Vervoorn explores a number of central themes: the experience of interacting with and coming to feel at home in a mountain environment, coping with change and aging in the moutains, gaining mastery in the environment rather than over the environment, and a rejection of the notion that a good moutaineering trip has to have close shaves, death and suffering to be successful.
ISBN: 0908802641
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