Bold Beyond Belief - Bill Denz NZ's Mountain Warrior
Twenty eight years after the original hard man of New Zealand climbing was killed in the Himalaya, the story of this legendary mountaineer has been recorded in a book.
The New Zealand Alpine Club is proud to support this biography of Bill Denz. Running to nearly 300 pages, with over 100 images and a Foreward from Greg Child, Bold Beyond Belief is the story about a kiwi climber whose attitude, passion, drive and vision is unique in the 150 year history of New Zealand Mountaineering.
Published: 1st edition December 2011
Author: Paul Maxim
Paul Maxim has spent the last three years painstakingly researching and writing this biography. Complete with the full co-operation of Bills' family, the biography traces Denz's life from his formative years through to that final expedition to Makalu. The book covers, in Denz's own words, plus from recollections of friends, associates and climbers throughout the world, his ground-breaking years in the Southern Alps, the rock walls of the Darrans and Yosemite and his epic mountain adventures in Alaska, Patagonia, Nepal and Tibet.
