The white ladder : triumph and tragedy at the dawn of mountaineering
Light, Daniel2024
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Incan priests scaled the icy slopes of the Andes to pay tribute to the 'Great Lord' of each mountain, travelling higher than any European would for centuries. Gurkha riflemen canvassed the Karakoram, admiring the distant summits of Masherbrum and K2 fear and exhilaration. Tweed-clad Victorians made the first serious assaults on the highest peaks of the Himalaya, roped together as they ventured into the frozen unknown. Tracing the world altitude record from the ashy slopes of the sacred volcano Llullaillaco to the glacial crags and crevasses of High Asia, Daniel Light takes a panoramic journey through the storied history of mountaineering before Everest.
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Author:
Light, Daniel, author
Imprint:
London : Oneworld, 2024.
Collation:
432 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9780861548163 (hbk)
Language:
English
BRN:
2741115
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