Fallen giants : a history of Himalayan mountaineering from the age of empire to the age of extremes /
The first successful ascent of Mount Everest in 1953 by Sir Edmund Hillary and his Sherpa teammate Tenzing Norgay is a familiar saga, but less well known are the tales of many other adventurers who also came to test their skills and courage against the world's highest and most dangerous mountai...
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New Haven [Conn.] :
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