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The white ladder triumph and tragedy at the dawn of mountaineering
(2025)
By: Light, Daniel (Mountain climber)

Nonfiction

Book

Call Numbers:
796.52209/LIGHT,D

Availability

Locations Call Number Status
Adult Nonfiction 796.52209/LIGHT,D Available

Details

PUBLISHED
New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2025]
©2025
EDITION
First edition
DESCRIPTION

xvi, 412 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map ; 24 cm

ISBN/ISSN
9781324066217, 1324066210 :, 1324066210, 9781324066217
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

"A sweeping history of mountaineering before Everest, and the epic human quest to reach the highest places on Earth"--

CONTENTS
All they surveyed -- Alpinists arrive -- Amateur hour -- Approach to Everest

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