Table of Contents

Prologue
PART 1 – THE MAGIC BUS
01 Team Spirit
02 Mentors
03 The Road to Nanga Parbat
PART 2 – MAZENO
04 The Dividing Line
05 Mind the Gap
06 Splitting Up
07 Pushing On
PART 3 – THE SUMMIT
08 In Some Lost Place
09 The Edge of Extinction
10 Descent
11 Return
Acknowledgements
Index

About the Author

Sandy Allan was born and raised in Dalwhinnie in the Highlands of Scotland, and has been climbing since his teens. During the 1980s and 1990s he established many hard new winter and mixed climbs in Scotland, and he continues to be an active climber and new route developer. He is an IFMGA/UIAGM mountain guide and has guided clients to the summits of many of the highest mountains in the world, including Mount Everest, Cho Oyu and Nanga Parbat. As well as guiding in the Himalaya, Sandy has been involved in many expeditions, including the Muztagh Tower, Lhotse West and the Scottish Direct Route on the South Face of Pumori. In 2012, over the course of eighteen days and in alpine style, he and his partner Rick Allen completed the first ascent of one of the Himalaya's most coveted unclimbed lines, the Mazeno Ridge of Nanga Parbat – a story recounted in his book In Some Lost Place. In recognition of their ascent, Rick and Sandy were awarded the 2013 Piolet d'Or.

Reviews

'This is a worthy addition to the canon of great British mountaineering literature, and also boasts beautiful colour photos and diagrams that dovetail perfectly with the narrative.' – Press and Journal