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Fallen giants : a history of Himalayan mountaineering from the age of empire to the age of extremes /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Isserman, Maurice
Other Authors: Weaver, Stewart Angas, Molenaar, Dee
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2008]
Subjects:
Mountaineering > Himalaya Mountains > History.
Himalaya Mountains > Description and travel.
Table of Contents:
  • When men and mountains meet
  • The age of empire, 1892-1914
  • Because it is there : George Mallory and the fight for Everest, 1921-1924
  • A random harvest of delight, 1929-1933
  • Himalayan hey-day, 1934-1939
  • The golden age postponed, 1940-1950
  • Don't be a chicken-hearted fellow : Everest, 1950-1953
  • The golden age of Himalayan climbing, 1953-1960
  • New frontiers, new faces, 1961-1970
  • The age of extremes, 1971-1996.