{"product_id":"9781911342298","title":"Climb to the Lost World: Through dense Guyanian rainforest to the towering summit of Mount Roraima","description":"\u003cp\u003eOver 9,000 feet up on the top of \u003cb\u003eMount Roraima\u003c\/b\u003e is a twenty-five mile square plateau, at the point where Guyana’s border meets Venezuela and Brazil. In 1973, Scottish mountaineering legend \u003cb\u003eHamish MacInnes\u003c\/b\u003e alongside climbing notoriety \u003cb\u003eDon Whillans, Mo Anthoine\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eJoe Brown\u003c\/b\u003e trekked through dense rainforest and swamp, and climbed the sheer overhanging sandstone wall of the great prow in order to conquer this Conan Doyle fantasy summit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs one of the last unexplored corners of the world, in order to reach the foot of the prow the motley yet vastly experienced expedition trudged through a saturated world of bizarre vegetation, fantastically contorted slime-coated trees and deep white mud; a world dominated by bushmaster snakes, scorpions and giant bird-eating spiders.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis wasn’t the end of it, however. The stately prow itself posed extreme technical complications: the rock was streaming with water, and the few-and-far-between ledges were teeming with scorpion-haunted bromeliads. This was not a challenge to be taken lightly. However, if anyone was going to do it, it was going to be this group of UK climbing pioneers, backed by \u003ci\u003eThe Observer\u003c\/i\u003e, supported by the Guyanan Government, and accompanied by a BBC camera team, their mission was very much in the public eye.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eClimb to the Lost World\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e is a story of discovering an alien world of tortured rock formations, sunken gardens and magnificent waterfalls, combined with the trials and tribulations of day-to-day expedition life. MacInnes’ dry humour and perceptive observations of his companions, flora and fauna relay the story of this first ascent with passion and in true explorer style.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vertebrate Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47165926310128,"sku":"9781911342298","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781911342298_p0.jpg?v=1763630649","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781911342298","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}