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Mount Everest 1938

Author : H.W. Tilman
Publisher : Vertebrate Publishing
ISBN 13 : 190946127X
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (94 download)

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Download or read book Mount Everest 1938 written by H.W. Tilman and published by Vertebrate Publishing. This book was released on 2016-06-16 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Whether these mountains are climbed or not, smaller expeditions are a step in the right direction.' It's 1938, the British have thrown everything they've got at Everest but they've still not reached the summit. War in Europe seems inevitable; the Empire is shrinking. Still reeling from failure in 1936, the British are granted one more permit by the Tibetans, one more chance to climb the mountain. Only limited resources are available, so can a small team be assembled and succeed where larger teams have failed? H.W. Tilman is the obvious choice to lead a select team made up of some of the greatest British mountaineers history has ever known, including Eric Shipton, Frank Smythe and Noel Odell. Indeed, Tilman favours this lightweight approach. He carries oxygen but doesn't trust it or think it ethical to use it himself, and refuses to take luxuries on the expedition, although he does regret leaving a case of champagne behind for most of his time on the mountain. On the mountain, the team is cold, the weather very wintery. It is with amazing fortitude that they establish a camp six at all, thanks in part to a Sherpa going by the family name of Tensing. Tilman carries to the high camp, but exhausted he retreats, leaving Smythe and Shipton to settle in for the night. He records in his diary, 'Frank and Eric going well—think they may do it.' But the monsoon is fast approaching ... In Mount Everest 1938 , first published in 1948, Tilman writes that it is difficult to give the layman much idea of the actual difficulties of the last 2,000 feet of Everest. He returns to the high camp and, in exceptional style, they try for the ridge, the route to the summit and those immense difficulties of the few remaining feet.

Mount Everest, 1938

Author : Harold William Tilman
Publisher : Cambridge, At the University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521066389
Total Pages : 159 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (663 download)

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Download or read book Mount Everest, 1938 written by Harold William Tilman and published by Cambridge, At the University Press. This book was released on 1948 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Account of the 1938 Mount Everest expedition.

Mount Everest 1938

Author : H.W. Tilman
Publisher : Tilman
ISBN 13 : 9781909461260
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (612 download)

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Download or read book Mount Everest 1938 written by H.W. Tilman and published by Tilman. This book was released on 2016-06-16 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It¿s 1938, the British have thrown everything they¿ve got at Everest but they¿ve still not reached the summit. War in Europe seems inevitable; the Empire is shrinking. Still reeling from failure in 1936, the British are granted one more permit by the Tibetans, one more chance to climb the mountain. Only limited resources are available, so can a small team be assembled and succeed where larger teams have failed? H.W. Tilman is the obvious choice to lead a select team made up of some of the greatest British mountaineers history has ever known, including Eric Shipton, Frank Smythe and Noel Odell. Indeed, Tilman favours this lightweight approach. He carries oxygen but doesn¿t trust it or think it ethical to use it himself, and refuses to take luxuries on the expedition, although he does regret leaving a case of champagne behind for most of his time on the mountain. On the mountain, the team is cold, the weather very wintery. It is with amazing fortitude that they establish a camp six at all, thanks in part to a Sherpa going by the family name of Tensing. Tilman carries to the high camp, but exhausted he retreats, leaving Smythe and Shipton to settle in for the night. He records in his diary, `Frank and Eric going well¿think they may do it.¿ But the monsoon is fast approaching ¿ In Mount Everest 1938, first published in 1948, Tilman writes that it is difficult to give the layman much idea of the actual difficulties of the last 2,000 feet of Everest. He returns to the high camp and, in exceptional style, they try for the ridge, the route to the summit and those immense difficulties of the few remaining feet.

Mount Everest 1938

Author : Tilman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780521066389
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (663 download)

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Download or read book Mount Everest 1938 written by Tilman and published by . This book was released on 1948-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Mount Everest Expedition of 1938

Author : Harold William Tilman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 18 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (922 download)

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Download or read book The Mount Everest Expedition of 1938 written by Harold William Tilman and published by . This book was released on 1938 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Everest 1938

Author : Harold William Tilman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (797 download)

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Download or read book Everest 1938 written by Harold William Tilman and published by . This book was released on 1952 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Epic of Mount Everest

Author : Sir Francis Edward Younghusband
Publisher : New York : Longmans, Green ; London : E. Arnold
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Epic of Mount Everest written by Sir Francis Edward Younghusband and published by New York : Longmans, Green ; London : E. Arnold. This book was released on 1926 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Separate descriptions of the three mount Everest expeditions have already been written by those who took part in them, and have been published in the three books, mount Everest: the reconnaissance, 1921; The asault on mount Everest, 1922; and The fight for Everest, 1924. The present volume purports to be a condensed description of the three expeditions. It is ... based on the above-named publications."--Pref.

The Ghosts of K2

Author : Mick Conefrey
Publisher : Oneworld Publications Limited
ISBN 13 : 9781780745954
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (459 download)

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Download or read book The Ghosts of K2 written by Mick Conefrey and published by Oneworld Publications Limited. This book was released on 2015 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At 28,251 feet, K2 might be almost 800 feet shorter than Everest, but it is a far tougher proposition. Unlike Everest, there is no "Yak route" for commercial clients. It is hard climbing all the way from its base to its summit. K2 will kill you on the way up and kill you on the way down. Mick Conefrey tells the story of three extraordinary expeditions filled with riveting drama and unimaginable tragedy- Fritz Wiessener's controversial attempt of 1939, the disastrous American expedition of 1953, and the huge Italian expedition of 1954 on which K2 was first climbed. He captures the bold and eccentric characters - their friendships and rivalries, their guilt and betrayals. At the center of the narrative is Charlie Houston, who led the failed 1953 exhibition, who was forced to give up his ambition of ever reaching the summit, and who was haunted for the rest of his life by the ghosts of the world's most beautiful and lethal mountain.

The Mammoth Book Of Everest

Author : Jon E. Lewis
Publisher : Robinson
ISBN 13 : 1472120191
Total Pages : 548 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (721 download)

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Download or read book The Mammoth Book Of Everest written by Jon E. Lewis and published by Robinson. This book was released on 2015-06-04 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This selection of the very best writing on Everest begins with the first attempts and continues, via Mallory's failed bid and Hillary and Tenzing's triumph, to the disasters of recent years. It features 35 white-knuckle accounts of climbing on the world's highest mountain, with all the tragedy and triumph of humankind's striving for the top of the world, by those who know the 'Death Zone' best - the climbers themselves. But this is much more than just the best of exhilarating first-hand accounts of climbing on Everest. It includes the full history of the conquest of Everest, and provides an evocative portrait of the cruel, natural beauty of Chomolungma, 'The Mother Goddess of the World'.

The Mammoth Book of How it Happened - Everest

Author : Jon E. Lewis
Publisher : Robinson
ISBN 13 : 1780337272
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (83 download)

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Download or read book The Mammoth Book of How it Happened - Everest written by Jon E. Lewis and published by Robinson. This book was released on 2012-03-01 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Begining with the 1921 attempt on the summit of Everest through to the disasters of the 1990s, this work features 30 white-knuckle accounts of climbing endeavour on the world's highest mountain, with all the tragedy and triumph of humankind's striving for the top of the world, by those who know the "Death Zone" best - the climbers of Everest themselves. Yet this is more than a cherry-picking of great true and exhilarating memoirs of Everest. Included are the history of the conquest of Everest, and all the natural and cruel beauty of Chomolungma "The Mother Goddess of the World".

Camp Six

Author : Frank Smythe
Publisher : Vertebrate Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1906148791
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (61 download)

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Download or read book Camp Six written by Frank Smythe and published by Vertebrate Publishing. This book was released on 2013-11-15 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Frank Smythe's Camp Six is one of the greatest Everest accounts ever written. It is the story of the 1933 Everest Expedition, in which Smythe, climbing alone after his partner Eric Shipton had turned back ill, reached a point perhaps higher than any man had done before - and some twenty years before the eventual first ascent. Rope-less, oxygen free and in terrible snow conditions, his climb was one of the greatest endeavours in the history of Everest. Camp Six is a compelling read: a gripping adventure on the highest mountain in the world and a fascinating window into early mountaineering and Himalayan exploration - including an illuminating colonial view of early travels in Tibet. It is essential reading for all those interested in Everest and in the danger and drama of those early expeditions. Frank Smythe was one of the leading mountaineers of the twentieth century, an outstanding climber who, in his short life - he died aged forty-nine – was at the centre of high-altitude mountaineering development in its early years. Author of twenty-seven immensely popular books, he was an early example of the climber as celebrity.

Everest 1951

Author : Eric Shipton
Publisher : Vertebrate Publishing
ISBN 13 : 190614883X
Total Pages : 81 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (61 download)

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Download or read book Everest 1951 written by Eric Shipton and published by Vertebrate Publishing. This book was released on 2013-11-29 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1953, Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay reached the summit of Mount Everest. They climbed from the south, from Nepal, via the Khumbu Glacier - a route first pioneered in 1951 by a reconnaissance expedition led by Eric Shipton. Everest 1951 is the account of this expedition. It was the first to approach the mountain from the south side, it pioneered a route through the Khumbu icefall and it was the expedition on which Hillary set foot on Everest for the first time. Everest 1951 is a short but vitally important read for anybody with any interest in mountaineering or in Everest. The 1951 Everest Expedition marked the public highpoint of Shipton's mountaineering fame. Key information was discovered and the foundations laid for future success. Despite this, Shipton's critics felt he had a 'lack of trust' and thus failed to match the urgent mood of the period. Despite having been on more Everest expeditions than any man alive, he was 'eased' out of the crucial leadership role in 1953 and so missed the huge public acclaim given to Hillary, Tenzing Norgay and John Hunt after their historic success.

The Valley of Flowers

Author : Frank Smythe
Publisher : Vertebrate Publishing
ISBN 13 : 191024032X
Total Pages : 309 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (12 download)

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Download or read book The Valley of Flowers written by Frank Smythe and published by Vertebrate Publishing. This book was released on 2015-08-25 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his delightful The Valley of Flowers, mountaineer Frank Smythe takes you on a botanical expedition to the Garhwal Himalaya. Alongside the author, scale the steep craggy mountains and bathe in crystal clear pools; breathe in the scented foothills of the Himalaya and their carpets of peonies, roses, rhododendrons and gentian. Experience 'the keen, biting air of the heights and the soft, scented air of the valleys'. Climber and adventurer Smythe journeys through the Himalaya's Byundar Pass, climbs the Mana Peak, descends into the Byundar Valley, and comes terrifyingly close to an encounter with The Abominable Snowman. The Valley of Flowers is a pleasurable escape for any climber, walker, mountain lover or gardener, or indeed anyone who needs reminding of the beauty and serenity of the natural world.

Life and Death on Mt. Everest

Author : Sherry B. Ortner
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691211779
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (912 download)

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Download or read book Life and Death on Mt. Everest written by Sherry B. Ortner and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2020-03-31 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Sherpas were dead, two more victims of an attempt to scale Mt. Everest. Members of a French climbing expedition, sensitive perhaps about leaving the bodies where they could not be recovered, rolled them off a steep mountain face. One body, however, crashed to a stop near Sherpas on a separate expedition far below. They stared at the frozen corpse, stunned. They said nothing, but an American climber observing the scene interpreted their thoughts: Nobody would throw the body of a white climber off Mt. Everest. For more than a century, climbers from around the world have journ-eyed to test themselves on Everest's treacherous slopes, enlisting the expert aid of the Sherpas who live in the area. Drawing on years of field research in the Himalayas, renowned anthropologist Sherry Ortner presents a compelling account of the evolving relationship between the mountaineers and the Sherpas, a relationship of mutual dependence and cultural conflict played out in an environment of mortal risk. Ortner explores this relationship partly through gripping accounts of expeditions--often in the climbers' own words--ranging from nineteenth-century forays by the British through the historic ascent of Hillary and Tenzing to the disasters described in Jon Krakauer's Into Thin Air. She reveals the climbers, or "sahibs," to use the Sherpas' phrase, as countercultural romantics, seeking to transcend the vulgarity and materialism of modernity through the rigor and beauty of mountaineering. She shows how climbers' behavior toward the Sherpas has ranged from kindness to cruelty, from cultural sensitivity to derision. Ortner traces the political and economic factors that led the Sherpas to join expeditions and examines the impact of climbing on their traditional culture, religion, and identity. She examines Sherpas' attitude toward death, the implications of the shared masculinity of Sherpas and sahibs, and the relationship between Sherpas and the increasing number of women climbers. Ortner also tackles debates about whether the Sherpas have been "spoiled" by mountaineering and whether climbing itself has been spoiled by commercialism.

Two Mountains and a River

Author : H.W. Tilman
Publisher : Vertebrate Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1909461318
Total Pages : 335 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (94 download)

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Download or read book Two Mountains and a River written by H.W. Tilman and published by Vertebrate Publishing. This book was released on 2016-09-01 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: H.W. Tilman's Two Mountains and a River picks up where Mount Everest 1938 left off. In this instalment of adventures, Tilman and two Swiss mountaineers set off for the Gilgit region of the Himalaya with the formidable objective of an attempt on the giant Rakaposhi (25,550 feet). However, this project was not to be fulfilled. Not one to be dispirited, Tilman and his various accomplices—including pioneering mountaineer and regular partner Eric Shipton—continue to trek and climb in locations across China, Pakistan, Afghanistan and other areas of Asia, including the Kukuay Glacier, Muztagh Ata, the source of the Oxus river, and Ishkashim, where the author was arrested on suspicion of being a spy ... Two Mountains and a River brims with the definitive Tilman qualities— detailed observations and ever-present humour—that convey a strong appreciation of the adventures and mishaps he experiences along the way. With a new foreword from prominent trekker, climber and lecturer, Gerda Pauler, this classic mountaineering text maintains Tilman's name as a unique and inquisitive explorer and raconteur.

Mount Everest,

Author : Charles Howard-Bury
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 444 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Mount Everest, written by Charles Howard-Bury and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Everest Effect

Author : Elizabeth Mazzolini
Publisher : University of Alabama Press
ISBN 13 : 0817318933
Total Pages : 183 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (173 download)

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Download or read book The Everest Effect written by Elizabeth Mazzolini and published by University of Alabama Press. This book was released on 2015-10-31 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Everest Effect is an accessibly written cultural history of how nature, technology, and culture have worked together to turn Mount Everest into a powerful and ubiquitous physical measure of Western values.