Bocquet, Olivier
Altitude
- ISBN 13:
- 9781910593813
- author:
- Bocquet, Olivier
- format:
- Hardback
- publisher:
- SelfMadeHero
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2020
- Pages:
- 296
- Dimensions:
- 26 x 19 centimetres (1.29 kg)
- Genre:
- Biography,Sports, Biography,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Altitude is a graphic novel about the thrill and terror of mountaineering. At 16, Jean-Marc Rochette bivouacked on a mountainside beneath a star-filled sky, already measuring himself against Europe's highest peaks.
The Aiguille Dibona, Coup de Sabre, La Meije - these summits in the French Alps sparked both exhilaration and fear. For Rochette, they were a playground for adventure, but also a battlefield where death lurked in every frozen corridor. This autobiographical graphic novel captures his formative years as a climber and an artist.
Part coming-of-age story, part love letter to the Alps, Altitude considers one man's obsession with reaching the top of the mountains that have shaped him.
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