{"product_id":"fiva-gordon-stainforth-9781594858468","title":"Fiva: An Adventure That Went Wrong","description":"\"A wonderful, nostalgic, gripping, classic yarn with great humour.\"--Joe Simpson, author of \u003cem\u003eTouching the Void\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cp\u003e* A classic tale of how youthful bravado leads to serious trouble\u003cbr\u003e* Winner, Mountain Literature Award, Banff Festival 2012\u003cbr\u003e* Finalist, Boardman-Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature, 2012\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1969, teenage twin brothers Gordon and John Stainforth set out from their home in Hertfordshire, England, to climb the highest rock face in Europe -- Norway's Troll Wall. The route they targeted is called \"Fiva\" (pronounced \"fever\"). Poor judges of their own abilities, experience, and gear, they began the climb convinced they would return to their tent in time for afternoon tea.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWithin hours of starting the route, things went terribly wrong. \u003cem\u003eFiva\u003c\/em\u003e is the story that Gordon Stainforth lived to tell, 40 years later. While it's a tale that climbers will embrace, the adventure is one that all readers of non-fiction adventure will enjoy and find absorbing. It's a story of innocence, brotherly love, youthful folly, and of danger, danger, and more danger.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gordon Stainforth\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1594858462\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781594858468\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Mountaineers Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/15\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.70d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gordon Stainforth","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43938522923263,"sku":"9781594858468","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_031269fb-a471-4848-934e-94c06f617d0c.jpg?v=1681436186","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/fiva-gordon-stainforth-9781594858468","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}