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Bocquet, Olivier.
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Rochette, 1956- -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Mountaineering -- Comic books, strips, etc.
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Bocquet, Olivier.
Rochette, 1956- -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Mountaineering -- Comic books, strips, etc.
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Altitude
/ written by Olivier Bocquet and Jean-Marc
Rochette
; translated by Edward Gauvin ; [illustrated by Jean-Marc
Rochette
].
by
Bocquet, Olivier.
SelfMadeHero, 2020.
Call #:
796.522092 B665a
Subjects
Rochette
,
1956-
-- Comic books, strips, etc.
Mountaineering -- Comic books, strips, etc.
ISBN:
9781910593813 (hc.)
Uniform title:
Ailefroide
:
altitude
3954
.
English
Description:
284 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
Notes:
Translation of:
Ailefroide
:
altitude
3954
.
Translated from the French.
Summary:
At 16, bivouacked on a mountainside beneath a sky filled with stars, Jean-Marc
Rochette
has already begun measuring himself against some of Europe's highest peaks. The Aiguille Dibona, the Coup de Sabre, La Meije: The summits of the Massif des écrins in the French Alps, to which he escapes as a teenager, spark both exhilaration and fear. At times, they are a playground for adventure. At others, they are a battlefield. The young climber is acutely aware that death lurks in the frozen corridors of this Alpine range. In
Altitude
,
Rochette
tells the story of his formative years, as a climber and as an artist. Part coming-of-age story, part love letter to the Alps, this autobiographical graphic novel captures the thrill and the terror invoked by high mountains, and considers one man's obsession with reaching the top of them.
Genre:
Graphic non-fiction.
Autobiographical comic books, strips, etc.
Comic books, strips, etc.
Other authors:
Rochette
,
1956-
Gauvin, Edward.
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