The Troll Wall in Norway is Europe's tallest vertical rock face. In 1965, a young team of climbers from the north of England undertook the massive challenge of ascending the rock face - no-one had even attempted it before. In this book, Tony Howard provides a unique account of a dramatic piece of climbing history.

We are all climbing where we are and with the gear we use in no small part due to Tony Howard's quest for adventure. Tony Howard rose to fame in 1965 as a member of a group of young climbers from northern England who made the first British ascent of Norway's Troll Wall; a climb described by Joe Brown as, `One of the greatest ever achievements by British rock climbers'. Tony went on to design the modern sit harness, now used universally by every climber in the world. He founded the company Troll Climbing Equipment but never stopped exploring. Quest into the Unknown is his story. ...