James Ramsey Ullman Bücher

The Citadel It stands unconquered, the last great summit of the Alps. Only one man has ever dared to approach the top, and that man died in his pursuit. He was Josef Matt, Rudi Matt's father. At sixteen, Rudi is determined to pay tribute to the man he never knew, and complete the quest that claimed his father's life. And so, taking his father's red shirt as a flag, he heads off to face the earth's most challenging peak. But before Rudi can reach the top, he must pass through the forbidden Fortress, the gaping chasm in the high reaches of teh Citadel where his father met his end. Rudi has followed Josef's footsteps as far as they will take him. Now he must search deep within himself to find the strength for the final ascent to the summit -- to plant his banner in the sky. His father died while trying to climb Switzerland's greatest mountain -- the Citadel -- and young Rudi knows he must make the assault himself.

James Ramsey Ullman wrote of the outdoors and its power over men, not only its raw physical power, but its power to awe and inspire. THE WHITE TOWER is in that vein. A man finds himself once again in a Swiss valley which he had known years before, gazing at a mountain never before climbed from the side on which he now stands. What is he to do with the challenge implicit in that fact? The story as it develops is not only of his inevitable ascent and its physical rigors, but of the internal dialogue, the meditation, that accompanies it. "A tale of remarkable vitality, while being served in its telling by a rich fund of special knowledge." (Saturday Review)

29 мая 1953 года два альпиниста, Эдмунд Хиллари и Тенцинг Норгей, впервые ступили на вершину Эвереста. Данная книга представляет собой автобиографию Тенцинга, записанную с его слов Джеймсом Рамси Ульманом.