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Pages: 298
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2023-06-12 - Publisher: Springer Nature
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Language: en
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-04-14 - Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
The race to climb Everest catapulted mountain climbing, with its accompanying images of conquest and sport, into the public sphere on a global scale. But as a m
Language: en
Pages: 393
Pages: 393
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-05-14 - Publisher: Harvard University Press
Mountaineering has served as a metaphor for civilization triumphant. A fascinating study of the first ascents of the major Alpine peaks and Mt. Everest, The Sum
Language: en
Pages: 320
Pages: 320
Type: BOOK - Published: 2023-11-01 - Publisher: Liverpool University Press
The stories we tell, published or otherwise, condition our mountain experiences in practice and reinforce cultural memory and representation. Yet, as this book
Language: en
Pages: 256
Pages: 256
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-09-24 - Publisher: Mountaineers Books
• Chronicles the first all-African American summit attempt on Denali, the highest point in North America • Part adventure story, part history, and part argu