Thieves, Liars and Mountaineers
Mark Horrell
This is the tale of Mark Horrell’s not-so-nearly ascent of Gasherbrum in Pakistan, of how one man’s boredom and frustration was conquered by a gutsy combination of exhaustion, cowardice, and sheer mountaineering incompetence.
He made not one, not two, but three intrepid assaults, some of which got quite a distance beyond Base Camp, and overcame many perilous circumstances along the way. The mountaineer Joe Simpson famously crawled for three days with a broken leg, but did he ever have to read Angels and Demons by Dan Brown while waiting for a weather window?
But that’s enough about Mark’s attempt; there were some talented climbers on the mountain as well, and this story is also about them. How did they get on? Heroes, villains, oddballs and madmen – 8,000m peaks attract them all, and drama, intrigue and cock-ups aplenty were inevitable.
Duration - 4h 46m.
Author - Mark Horrell.
Narrator - Mark Horrell.
Published Date - Tuesday, 07 January 2025.
Copyright - © 2017 Mark Horrell ©.
Location:
United States
Networks:
Mark Horrell
Footsteps on the Mountain Diaries
Mountain Footsteps Press
English Audiobooks
Findaway Audiobooks
Description:
This is the tale of Mark Horrell’s not-so-nearly ascent of Gasherbrum in Pakistan, of how one man’s boredom and frustration was conquered by a gutsy combination of exhaustion, cowardice, and sheer mountaineering incompetence. He made not one, not two, but three intrepid assaults, some of which got quite a distance beyond Base Camp, and overcame many perilous circumstances along the way. The mountaineer Joe Simpson famously crawled for three days with a broken leg, but did he ever have to read Angels and Demons by Dan Brown while waiting for a weather window? But that’s enough about Mark’s attempt; there were some talented climbers on the mountain as well, and this story is also about them. How did they get on? Heroes, villains, oddballs and madmen – 8,000m peaks attract them all, and drama, intrigue and cock-ups aplenty were inevitable. Duration - 4h 46m. Author - Mark Horrell. Narrator - Mark Horrell. Published Date - Tuesday, 07 January 2025. Copyright - © 2017 Mark Horrell ©.
Language:
English
Opening Credits
Duration:00:00:11
Epigraph
Duration:00:00:17
Day 1 – A tourist in Pakistan
Duration:00:07:38
Day 2 – A hair-raising jeep ride
Duration:00:04:51
Day 3 – First day of the trek
Duration:00:02:58
Day 4 – Dusty monotony
Duration:00:02:43
Day 5 – Climbing big mountains
Duration:00:06:28
Day 6 – Onto the Baltoro Glacier
Duration:00:03:13
Day 7 – Ice and porters
Duration:00:05:26
Day 8 – Porter strike
Duration:00:04:11
Day 9 – Concordia and the K2 clean-up project
Duration:00:06:17
Day 10 – Arrival at Base Camp
Duration:00:03:36
Day 11 – The view from Base Camp
Duration:00:04:16
Day 12 – Puja
Duration:00:04:09
Day 13 – A parting and a welcome
Duration:00:02:35
Day 14 – Up to Camp 1
Duration:00:02:21
Day 15 – An unusual case of frostbite
Duration:00:04:06
Day 16 – My bleeding ankles
Duration:00:02:07
Day 17 – Base Camp politics
Duration:00:02:50
Day 18 – Exhausted again
Duration:00:04:30
Day 19 – Camp 2 and the Banana Ridge
Duration:00:05:33
Day 20 – Blizzard on the Banana Ridge
Duration:00:07:16
Day 21 – Day one of doing nothing
Duration:00:01:49
Day 22 – Tea with the mountaineering elite
Duration:00:05:25
Day 23 – Arrival of the jet stream
Duration:00:01:41
Day 24 – Ever-changing plans
Duration:00:03:31
Day 25 – Watching the wind
Duration:00:02:12
Day 26 – The virtues of patience
Duration:00:03:35
Day 27 – A leg stretch to Camp 1
Duration:00:02:34
Day 28 – Kidnapping the cook
Duration:00:04:26
Day 29 – Ueli Steck
Duration:00:04:46
Day 30 – Waste management on 8,000m peaks
Duration:00:05:23
Day 31 – Starting the G2 summit push
Duration:00:03:58
Day 32 – Summit uncertainty
Duration:00:05:29
Day 33 – The Banana Skin Ridge
Duration:00:10:39
Day 34 – Brooding
Duration:00:03:03
Day 35 – Controversy on Nanga Parbat
Duration:00:04:01
Day 36 – The magical rising tent platform
Duration:00:03:01
Day 37 – Base camp boredom
Duration:00:01:48
Day 38 – Departures
Duration:00:02:12
Day 39 – Waiting on the weather
Duration:00:01:35
Day 40 – A thief on the mountain
Duration:00:05:40
Day 41 – The Iranian garbage incident
Duration:00:03:54
Day 41 – Death of a climber
Duration:00:10:31
Day 41 – A light from on high
Duration:00:10:06
Day 42 – A light extinguished
Duration:00:03:37
Day 43 – The garbage sequel
Duration:00:04:53
Day 44 – Sherpa business deals
Duration:00:03:39
Day 45 – A weather chat
Duration:00:04:57
Day 46 – Veikka’s last summit
Duration:00:03:14
Day 47 – Focusing on Gasherbrum I
Duration:00:02:13
Day 48 – Veikka’s party
Duration:00:05:17
Day 49 – Serap the philosopher
Duration:00:04:12
Day 50 – Ice practice
Duration:00:03:18
Day 51 – Beyond exhaustion
Duration:00:11:02
Day 52 – The Japanese Couloir
Duration:00:09:14
Day 53 – The final retreat
Duration:00:08:23
Day 54 – Summit confusion
Duration:00:02:07
Day 55 – More summit confusion
Duration:00:03:59
Day 56 – Acceptance
Duration:00:03:43
Day 57 – Book bonfire
Duration:00:01:59
Day 58 – From snow to rain
Duration:00:03:59
Day 59 – Boulder hopping
Duration:00:02:43
Day 60 – Water, water, everywhere
Duration:00:06:17
Day 61 – The last robbery
Duration:00:06:02
Acknowledgements
Duration:00:01:06
About Mark Horrell
Duration:00:01:43
Ending Credits
Duration:00:00:19