By Tony Howard

Norway, 1965. A staff of younger climbers from the north of britain camp on the backside of the tallest vertical rock face in Europe - the Troll Wall. nobody has dared try out this giant problem prior to. a few say it is going to by no means be climbed. it will be the journey of a life-time. Rain and snow soak them as they climb. Avalanches and free rock threaten their lives. A Norwegian staff arrives to compete for the respect because the world's media glance on. driven to the boundaries of exhaustion, the group spends days at the wall, refusing to given in, even if failure turns out sure. "Troll Wall" tells the gripping tale of 1 of the main dramatic first ascents in British mountaineering historical past. Written days after their luck, nearly part a century in the past, and newly rediscovered, Tony Howard's account is an interesting perception into the demanding situations of mountain climbing a huge mountain wall.

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