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Más imágenesEVEREST - THE WEST RIDGE - (Abridged Edition, Sierra Club 74656)
Hornbein, Thomas F.; (David Bower, Editor); (William E.Siri, Introduction)
Idioma: Inglés
Editorial: Sierra Club/Ballantine Books, San Francisco, CA, 1968
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Añadir al carritoSoft cover. Condición: Collectible - Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: None as Issued. Abridged Version, First Edition. Text/NEW & Bright. VINTAGE 1968, Edition. Illustrated soft cover/VG; strong & sound w/light rubs & trace soiling to edges, faint creasing to lower front corner & small soil spot to front. Map to rear. Reco…rd of 1st American ascent of Mt. Everest, 1963. 160 pgs, color photos, in 16 chapters. Led by Swiss-born explorer, film-maker & mountaineer Norman G. Dyhrenfurth. Scientific research expedition sponsored by Nat'l Geographic. The team was academically brilliant . 5 members w/doctorates & 8 holding masters degrees. May 22nd, 1963. Luther G. Jerstad & Barry Bishop reached the summit of the South East Ridge summit, and Will Usoeld & Tom Hornbein the summit of the West Ridge. This is the account of scaling of the latter. Text by physician Hornbein; photos by Dyhrenfurth. The team was honored at the White House by President Kennedy, and awarded the Nat'l Georgraphic Society's Hubbard Metal. Norman G. Dyhrenfurth (Photographer) (ilustrador).
