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the Ogre: Biography of a Mountain and Dramatic Story First Ascent
the Ogre: Biography of a Mountain and Dramatic Story First Ascent in Bloomington, MN
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'One of the greatest mountaineering survival stories never told.'
–
The Sunday Times
Some mountains are high; some mountains are hard. Few are both.
On the afternoon of 13 July 1977, having become the first climbers to reach the summit of the
Ogre
,
Doug Scott
and
Chris Bonington
began their long descent. In the minutes that followed, any feeling of success from their achievement would be overwhelmed by the start of a desperate fight for survival. And things would only get worse.
Rising to over 7,000 metres in the centre of the Karakoram, the
Baintha Brakk
– is notorious in mountaineering circles as one of the most difficult mountains to climb. First summited by Scott and Bonington in 1977 – on expedition with
Paul ‘Tut’ Braithwaite
Nick Estcourt
Clive Rowland
Mo Anthoine
– it waited almost twenty-four years for a second ascent, and a further eleven years for a third.
The Ogre
, by legendary mountaineer Doug Scott, is a two-part biography of this enigmatic peak: in the first part, Scott has painstakingly researched the geography and history of the mountain; part two is the long overdue and very personal account of his and Bonington’s first ascent and their dramatic week-long descent on which Scott suffered two broken legs and Bonington smashed ribs. Using newly discovered diaries, letters and audio tapes, it tells of the heroic and selfless roles played by Clive Rowland and Mo Anthoine. When the desperate climbers finally made it back to base camp, they were to find it abandoned – and themselves still a long way from safety.
is undoubtedly one of the greatest adventure stories of all time.
–
The Sunday Times
Some mountains are high; some mountains are hard. Few are both.
On the afternoon of 13 July 1977, having become the first climbers to reach the summit of the
Ogre
,
Doug Scott
and
Chris Bonington
began their long descent. In the minutes that followed, any feeling of success from their achievement would be overwhelmed by the start of a desperate fight for survival. And things would only get worse.
Rising to over 7,000 metres in the centre of the Karakoram, the
Baintha Brakk
– is notorious in mountaineering circles as one of the most difficult mountains to climb. First summited by Scott and Bonington in 1977 – on expedition with
Paul ‘Tut’ Braithwaite
Nick Estcourt
Clive Rowland
Mo Anthoine
– it waited almost twenty-four years for a second ascent, and a further eleven years for a third.
The Ogre
, by legendary mountaineer Doug Scott, is a two-part biography of this enigmatic peak: in the first part, Scott has painstakingly researched the geography and history of the mountain; part two is the long overdue and very personal account of his and Bonington’s first ascent and their dramatic week-long descent on which Scott suffered two broken legs and Bonington smashed ribs. Using newly discovered diaries, letters and audio tapes, it tells of the heroic and selfless roles played by Clive Rowland and Mo Anthoine. When the desperate climbers finally made it back to base camp, they were to find it abandoned – and themselves still a long way from safety.
is undoubtedly one of the greatest adventure stories of all time.
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