A biography of Chris Boskoff, an American high-altitude mountaineer who disappeared while climbing with Charlie Fowler in remote Western China - off the "Edge of the Map." Fowler and Boskoff's bodies were eventually found on Genyen, a holy mountain in western Sichuan, after a long search by their friends, fellow climbers, and sympathetic expats in the country. An avalanche had swept them, unroped, off the high flanks of the mountain.
This book is half biography of Chris, who lived a full life, and half telling the story of Boskoff and Fowler's final climb, and the dramatic search that followed when they failed to return to the USA on time.
Some of Boskoff's notable achievements include working as an engineer for Lockheed; ascents of six 8,000-meter peaks; purchasing Mountain Madness guiding company after previous owner Scott Fisher died on Mount Everest as part of the Into Thin Air disaster; and her relationship and climbing partnership with Charlie Fowler.
These are new old stock from Chessler Books - never touched copies, autographed by author Johanna Garton. 238 pages, with one insert of color photographs in the middle.
