Fallen Giants: A History of Himalayan Mountaineering from the Age of Empire to the Age of Extremes
- ISBN-10
- 0300164203
- ISBN-13
- 9780300164206
- Category
- Sports & Recreation
- Pages
- 579
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2010-01-01
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Authors
- Maurice Isserman, Stewart Angas Weaver, Dee Molenaar
Description
In the first comprehensive history of Himalayan mountaineering in 50 years, the authors offer detailed, original accounts of the most significant climbs since the 1890s, and they compellingly evoke the social and cultural worlds that gave rise to those expeditions.
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- 2008-09-01
- 592 pages
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