For the Love of Mountains |
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Author:
| Tannert, Michael |
Editor:
| McAdow, Ron |
ISBN: | 978-0-9906084-3-1 |
Publication Date: | Sep 2015 |
Publisher: | Personal History Press
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $16.95 |
Book Description:
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Michael Tannert experienced twenty years of breath-taking and fulfilling mountaineering adventures. Mike first read about the Matterhorn while he was still a boy. Later, when stationed in Germany during his U.S. Air Force service, he fell in love with mountains and dreamed of one day actually climbing the Matterhorn. Decades later Mike was encouraged by his wife to fulfill that dream. The beauty and challenges of the high Alps inspired a passion for climbing and ski mountaineering....
More DescriptionMichael Tannert experienced twenty years of breath-taking and fulfilling mountaineering adventures. Mike first read about the Matterhorn while he was still a boy. Later, when stationed in Germany during his U.S. Air Force service, he fell in love with mountains and dreamed of one day actually climbing the Matterhorn. Decades later Mike was encouraged by his wife to fulfill that dream. The beauty and challenges of the high Alps inspired a passion for climbing and ski mountaineering. With his Swiss guide Rony Inderbinen, Mike climbed twenty-two 4000-meter mountains. In this memoir Mike relates these adventures as well as what he learned along the way from work and life.