Art of Freedom: The Life and Climbs of Voytek Kurtyka
Excerpt from “Art of Freedom: The Life and Climbs of Voytek Kurtyka” by Bernadette McDonald.
Excerpt from “Art of Freedom: The Life and Climbs of Voytek Kurtyka” by Bernadette McDonald.
Alpine Warriors, Bernadette McDonald’s history of alpinists in Yugoslavia, has won this year’s award for Mountaineering History at the Banff Mountain Book Competition and is eligible for this year’s Phyllis and Don Munday Award, to be announced at the festival on November 5.
The story of one of alpine climbing's shining stars, who died in the Himalaya in 2009.