In he completed Banner in the Sky, a historical fiction of the first ascent of the Matterhorn, involving a young Swiss man whose father had died in an attempt - a basic storyline reminiscent of White Tower - the characters mirroring to various degrees the actual participants involved in the race to the summit in Another of Ullman's books had made it to the screen Windom's Way , and with Banner winning the Newbery Award for children's literature in , the book was certainly Hollywood bound.
Ullman was busy otherwise in the meantime. There were more novels of faraway places, a continuation of his history of mountaineering with The Age of Mountaineering , and his ghost writing of the biography of co-Everest conqueror Tenzing Norgay, Man of Everest originally published as Tiger of the Snows, Travel continued as well: Africa and a climb up Kilimanjaro and back to Europe No expense was spared. Real mountaineers were hired for stunt work, and everything was shot on location in Switzerland.
Ullman himself had an uncredited role as a tourist in the film. It was good family fare, but White Tower had more of the complexity factor that made it superior as an adult film. Pacific Island Trust. The mountain experience continued to drive Ullman's writing. Though Ullman got no closer than Kathmandu due to delicate health altitude acclimatization for the Himalayas can be extremely difficult even for superbly fit individuals , Ullman was busy with gathering and beginning to draft the story of what would be a resoundingly successful expedition, Americans on Everest Three teams made it to the summit, one via a new west ridge route.
Ullman was also involved in writing for the TV production about the American success. Two years later high drama in the Alps would be yet another authoring source.
In American climber John Harlin fell to his death near the top of his goal to forge a direct route up the north face of the Eiger. That same year of British journalist Peter Gillman, who had been part of the ground team, wrote a narrative with the one successful team member to summit, Scots climber Dougal Haston the remaining climber being noted American climber Layton Kor.
Ullman became thoroughly intrigued with the complex Harlin, interviewed his parents and widow and produced the thought-provoking biography Straight Up It is not too much of a conjecture that the incident also inspired author Rod Whitaker , who gave himself the European-sounding pseudonym Trevanian, to write The Eiger Sanction - also made into a popular film To top off his inspiring travels, Ullman made a trip to Antarctica in For a man of deeply urban New York City, James Ramsey Ullman had written about and been a part of enough high adventure to fulfill any lifetime.
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