Everest 1933

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Editorial: London, Hodder & Stoughton Limited, 1934

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Second Edition. 18 cm x 26 cm. Frontispiece, XV, 390 pages. 59 plates. 4 Maps, including 2 fold-out geological maps at rear showing 'Drainage Areas of the Arun, Tista, and Ammu Chu' and `Mount Everest and the group of Chomo Lungma'. Hardcover [publisher's original navy cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Professionally rebound and strengthened binding. New endpapers. Interior is bright and clean. Occasional faint foxing. Includes, for example, the following chapters: The Lower Camps / The Higher Camps / The First Assault / The Second Assault (by F.S. Smyth) / Extracts from an Everest Diary / Some Medical Aspects (by Dr. C Raymond Greene) / Natural History and Botany (by E.O. Shebbeare) / The Weather (by L.R. Wager) / Himalayan Meteorology (by Dr. S.N. Sen and N.P. Chatterjee) etc. Sir Francis Younghusband, the British Army officer, explorer, mystic and spiritual writer whose calls for a renewed effort to summit Everest led to the 1922 and 1924 expeditions, provides the foreword to the book. He eloquently describes the concept of climbing Everest "as a symbol of the loftiest spiritual height of man's imagination," and he goes on to say: "[T]his record of the Everest climbers' undaunted efforts has come to be an inspiration not only to mountaineers and geographers, but also to that far more numerous host of humble yet ambitious strivers after the topmost pinnacle of achievement in the varied branches of human activity. It has even given new heart to many a lonely invalid struggling through all adversity to keep his soul steadfastly set on the highest. Its appeal is universal." Hugh Ruttledge's 'Everest 1933' (or in America, Attack on Everest) is an important book in the history of Everest. It documents the return of the British following George Mallory and Andrew Irvine's ill-fated walk into the clouds and the historical imagination. Ruttledge (1884-1961) led the 1933 expedition. The highest point attained on this attempt was 8,570 m (28,116 f). During the expedition, the ice-axe belonging to Irvine, who disappeared with Mallory on the 1924 attempt while going for the summit, was found on the flanks of the north face.…

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Título
Everest 1933
Autor
Ruttledge, Hugh.
Editorial
London, Hodder & Stoughton Limited
Año de publicación
1934
Estado
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Idioma
inglés
Edición
1ª Edición
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