Fallen giants : a history of Himalayan mountaineering from the age of empire to the age of extremes
Isserman, Maurice2008
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The first successful ascent of Mount Everest in 1953 by Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay is a familiar saga, but less well known are tales of the many other adventurers who came to test their skills and courage against the world's highest and most dangerous mountains.
Main title:
Fallen giants : a history of Himalayan mountaineering from the age of empire to the age of extremes / Maurice Isserman and Stewart Weaver ; with maps and peak sketches by Dee Molenaar.
Imprint:
New Haven, [Conn.] ; London : Yale University Press, c2008.
Collation:
xii, 579 p. : ill., maps. ports. ; 27 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 539-564) and index.
ISBN:
9780300115017 (hbk)0300115016 (hbk)
Dewey class:
796.5'22'095496
Language:
English
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BRN:
363768
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