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Douglas, Ed, 1966-
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Mountaineers.
Mountaineering.
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Douglas, Ed, 1966-
Mountaineers.
Mountaineering.
MARC Display
Mountaineers : great tales of bravery and conquest / [written by Ed Douglas ; additional writing,
Richard
Gilbert
, Philip Parker, Alasdair Macleod].
by
Douglas, Ed, 1966-
Smithsonian Institution, 2011.
Call #:
796.5220922 D733m
Subjects
Mountaineers.
Mountaineering.
ISBN:
9780756686826
0756686822
Edition:
1st American ed.
Description:
360 p. : chiefly col. ill., ports. ; 31 cm.
Notes:
Includes index.
Contents:
The early mountaineers. Climbing for survival ; What mountains mean ; Mountains and Christianity -- Climbing for science and art. A new frontier ; The cultural heights ; The first summiteers -- The Golden Age of alpinism. A fashion for climbing ; The price of adventure ; "An easy day for a lady" ; Birth of modern alpinism -- Beyond the Alps. The greater ranges ; Climbing in the New World ; Alpinism in Japan -- Slaying the giants. The greatest show on Earth ; Back of an envelope ; The Himalayan Golden Age -- The age of extremes. The North faces ; The unwritten rules ; Women mountaineers ; Fast and light -- Mountain directory.
Summary:
"Celebrating a rich tradition of bravery, thirst for knowledge, and pursuit of glory, Mountaineers tells the stories of the pioneers who first scaled the heights of this planet."--P. [2] of jacket.
Other authors:
Gilbert
,
Richard
,
1937-
Parker, Philip.
Macleod, Alasdair, 1963-
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