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He rose to international prominence in 1950 as one of the four principal stalwarts in the first ascent of Annapurna, the highest mountain climbed at that time. Yet his finest feat as a mountaineer was to be the first man to climb all six of the legendary great north faces of the Alps—the Grandes Jorasses, the Piz Badile, the Dru, the Matterhorn, the Cima Grande di Lava-redo, and the Eiger.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e With this elegant book, first published in 1954, Gaston Rébuffat transformed mountain writing. His insistence on seeing a climb as an act of harmonious communion with the mountain, not a battle waged against it, seemed radical at the time, though Rébuffat’s aesthetic has since won the day. Through storms, avalanches, rock fall, unplanned bivouacs, and even the deaths of companions, we follow the Chamonix guide to the altar of his communion, on dark, icy walls that struck terror into the hearts of Europe’s finest mountaineers. Nor are these deft narratives mere recitations of dangers faced and obstacles overcome, for Rébuffat pays as keen attention to the joys of comradeship won on these faces as he does to the climbs themselves. In our own day of corporate sponsorships, online expeditions, and eco-vacations, the purity of Rébuffat’s vision of the Alps as (in the epithet of the title of another of his books) an “enchanted garden” shines forth in prose as fresh and stylish as any ever lavished on mountaineering.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGaston Rébuffat\u003c\/b\u003e was born on May 7, 1921, in Marseilles, France. He was a recipient of France's prestigious Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur. He died in Paris on May 31, 1985.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Roberts\u003c\/b\u003e is the award-winning author of more than 25 books on mountaineering, adventure, and Western history and anthropology. Some of his works include \u003ci\u003eGreat Exploration Hoaxes\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Lost World of the Old Ones\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eHe is a veteran mountain climber who has written for \u003ci\u003eNational Geographic\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e National Geographic Adventure\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSmithsonian\u003c\/i\u003e. Roberts lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Hunt\u003c\/b\u003e led the first successful ascent of Mount Everest in 1953 with Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay. With Wilfrid Noyce, he translated Gaston Rébuffat's \u003ci\u003eStarlight and Storm\u003c\/i\u003e. He died in 1998.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWilfrid Noyce\u003c\/b\u003e was part of the first successful ascent of Mount Everest in 1953 with Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay. With John Hunt, he translated Gaston Rébuffat's \u003ci\u003eStarlight and Storm\u003c\/i\u003e. He died in 1962 while climbing the Pamir Mountains.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                    \n                \n            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46552915345569,"sku":"BBSNIJ9780375755064","price":26.6,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9780375755064.jpg?v=1781719802","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/starlight-and-storm-paperback-by-gaston-rebuffat","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}