An ice axe, signed by Diemberger.
Book Description
                        An original ice axe, approx. 80 cm. long, 28 cm. wide at the top, 4 cm. wide shaft, metal head and ferrule, wood shaft; the metal slightly rusty and pitted, but overall in good condition. Boldly signed in ink to the shaft ‘Kurt Diemberger’.
                    
                                            Dealer Notes
                            Diemberger (b. 1932), the Austrian mountaineer, is one of the few to have made the first ascent of two 8000+m peaks - Broad Peak in 1957 with Hermann Buhl, and Dhaulagiri in 1960 with Peter Diener, Ernst Forrer, Albin Schelbert,Nyima Dorje Sherpa and Nawang Dorje Sherpa.
                        
                                    
                        Author
                        [Diemberger, Kurt.]
                    
                    
                                        
                        Date
                        n.d. c. mid-20th c.
                    
                    
                                        
                        Binding
                        None
                    
                    
                                        
                        Publisher
                        Ralling
                    
                    
                    
                                        
                        Condition
                        See description
                    
                    
                                        
                        Pages
                        None
                    
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