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McDonald, Bernadette, 1951-
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Mountaineers -- Poland -- Biography.
Mountaineering -- Himalaya Mountains -- History -- 20th century.
Mountaineering expeditions -- Everest, Mount (China and Nepal)
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McDonald, Bernadette, 1951-
Mountaineers -- Poland -- Biography.
Mountaineering -- Himalaya Mountains -- History -- 20th century.
Mountaineering expeditions -- Everest, Mount (China and Nepal)
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Freedom climbers / Bernadette McDonald.
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McDonald, Bernadette, 1951-
Rocky Mountain Books, c2011.
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796
.522
M1352f
Subjects
Mountaineers -- Poland -- Biography.
Mountaineering -- Himalaya Mountains -- History -- 20th century.
Mountaineering expeditions -- Everest, Mount (China and Nepal)
ISBN:
9781926855608
1926855604
Description:
351 p. : ill. (some col.), ports. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 342-344) and index.
Contents:
Crutches to crampons -- Climbing politics -- Climbers without borders -- The knuckle -- Hat trick on Everest -- Solidarity to martial law -- Together or alone -- The third man -- The art of suffering -- Mountain of misery -- Forged in steel -- Himalayan rosary -- Fallen giant -- Caravan of dreams -- Last climb -- The loneliest crown -- Appendix : chronology of major Polish Himalayan climbs.
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"... tells the story of the extraordinary Polish adventurers who emerged from under the blanket of oppression following the Second World War to become the world's leading Himalayan climbers"--From publisher description.
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