1956 First edition. Book is in very good shape with light wear to cover and DJ. Minor spine cocking. No markings. DJ protected in removable mylar cover. NOT ex library or remaindered. Ships in a box and packaged with care.
The Ascent of RUM DOODLE
The Greatest Fun in the Tallest Story Yet of the Highest Mountain Ever by W. E. BOWMAN
Higher than Everest, higher than Pish, stands the greatest mountain peak of them all-the awe-inspiring, inhospitable, impregnable Rum Doodle!
With a face as straight as an Alpine stick, a wit as pointed as a snow ax, and humor as rarefied as the air at 40,000 feet, W. E. Bowman takes us on a perilous expedition to climb the world's highest mountain. Some say Rum Doodle was finally scaled in a valiant effort to get away from the cook Pong -but they are the scoffers! The true habitués of travel literature will recognize the sincerity, the dedication, the scientific objectivity that made the ascent successful.
Such an expedition is made possible only by the granite courage and superior intelligence of its members; it was a pity, of course, that Jungle, the route finder, forgot to release the catch on his compass; that Burley suffered from recurring bouts of Alpine lassitude; that Shute, the photographer, let the light get at his exposed films! No matter- Binder, the leader, directed his assault with unsurpassed dignity.
This is the complex world of mountain climb- ing where a simple "yes" or "no" does not suffice- only "can do," "will do"; where one cannot simply go East, but rather "proceed zero-niner-zero"; where no reader can simply laugh but must roar at the incredible antics of seven great men who will go down in history as they went up the mountain- undefeated.
In THE ASCENT OF RUM DOODLE the reader reaches the peak of entertainment with the maximum of pleasure and the minimum of struggle-but we can't promise your own laughter won't wear you out. The illustrations, naturally, are fabulous.