The Rope Dancer

From Melbourne's back streets and the Wimmera wheat-fields, The Rope Dancer takes you on a compelling journey high into the Tien Shan, Central Asia's Celestial Mountains.

A rare piece of Australian climbing fiction, The Rope Dancer is the second novel by Rob Leach.

"A search for existential meaning, sex, drugs and climbing" what more could we want from a novel?"
GREG PRITCHARD

"On the surface, it's a rip-roaring yarn. Underneath, The Rope Dancer is an intriguing journey through the life and work of Friedrich Nietzsche (although you could enjoy the book without knowing it). Unlike many commentators who focus on his nihilism, Rob Leach's interpretation of Nietzsche is at heart life-affirming and passionate."
ANN McCULLOCH, author of Dance of the Nomad

"The Rope Dancer is a vigorous novel of the outdoors with a strong philosophical undercurrent. Leach explores the power of the natural world in a way few novelists achieve. His intimacy with wild places animates the story with a vivid physical texture."
MICHAEL MEEHAN, author of The Salt of Broken Tears