Products Desafío 8000

THE FEAT Location: The Himalayas Dates: From the 23rd August 1997 to the 26th August 1998 Objetives: To summit in 12 months the fourteen highest peaks on Earth as an offering for the Peace among the Nations in the World and the preservation of the environment. Outcomes: They make the ascent of 8 mounts above 8000m and they reach 5 summits: Dhaulagiri (8172 m), Cho-Oyu (8201 m), Broak Peak (8047 m), Gasherbrum II (8035 m) y Hidden Peak (8068 m); and they equal the worldwide record of more 8000m peaks in eleven months. They establish live transmissions from the Himalayas for the television channels, thanks to the technology of Intelsis, appearing on the TV channel all over the world and in the prestigious magazine National Geographic. Protagonists: José Antonio and Jesús Martínez Novas, well-known Spanish mountaineers who had already summitted the Aconcagua, Everest and other important mounts.
THE BOOK The chronicle of the greatest feat in Iberian mountaineering: a tour of 11 months through the highest lands on Earth. An adventure which let us follow the traverse of the brothers Martínez Novas through deep valleys, huge glaciers, skyscraping summits. A privileged approach to the cultures surviving in remote villages in the Himalaya and the Karakorum. The story of the challenge against the elements. The victory of the human will in crucial situations.

THE AUTHOR Xosé Ballesteros. winner of the Narrative Prize García Barros with his work Talego (1993). He was the director of the radio program Sete Mares (Seven Seas) in Radio Ecca, Vigo. He has published lots of books for children.
CHARACTERISTICS 270mm x 195mm book, couché paper 160 pages of full adventure More than 100 full-colored unpublished photographs Infographic maps of routes and ascents Edited in Spanish and Galician Price: 4.500 pesetas		Orders: Tfno. 986 335960 TLR Apartado 25 36400 Porriño (PO)