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Mountaineers - Great tales of bravery and conquest (Hardcover)
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Mountaineers - Great tales of bravery and conquest (Hardcover)
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Celebrating a tradition of bravery, thirst for knowledge, and
pursuit of glory, this book tells the stories of the most famous
mountaineers in history and explores the climbs that they
conquered. Mountaineers is filled with stirring tales of adventure
and intriguing characters, from the Brits who insisted on hauling
cases of vintage champagne up to Everest base camp in 1924, to the
Italian Duke of the Abruzzi who took 10 iron bedsteads up Alaska's
Malaspina glacier. It chronicles the stories of the pioneers who
first conquered the heights of this planet, from Otzi the Iceman to
Edmund Hillary, important scientific discoveries that were made
along the way, and accounts of great bravery, fellowship, altruism,
and humour in the face of adversity. The book features fact files
for over 100 famous mountaineers and stunning photography of the
mountains they scaled, and contains rare artefacts that were found
on their journeys, previously unpublished photographs, and
specially commissioned route maps to recreate history's greatest
ascents. The book also charts the development of technology,
equipment, and techniques from the tweed hacking jackets and
pipe-smoking of the early mountaineers to the sophisticated kit
being used today.
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