Kingdom of Adventure: everest
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Type
Book
Authors
Ullman ( James Ramsey Ullman )
Category
Publication Year
1947
Publisher
William Sloane Associates, Inc., United States
URL
[ private ]
Description
Twenty-nine thousand and more feet above the suface of the sea rears the highest mountain summit known to man. In an airline it is only a hundred miles to the thick, subtropical heat of the flat Indian plans, but the peak is a spire of everlasting snow, ice, and rock, and the fearful winds that tear at it blow in an atmosphere so thin that even on the lower slopes a man's lungs are starved for oxygen. Mount Everest is -- probably-- still unclimbed. Certainly, it has never been conquered by a man who lived to tell of it. But ever since men have known that Everest was the highest mountain in the world, the eyes of the great mountaineers have been turned toward its peak, and even today there is talk of new expeditions.
This book is the heroic chronicle of the assaults that climbers have made against this ultimate summit. James Ullman, himself an experienced mountaineer, has selected from the rich and varied literature about the mountain the great passages that narrate the triumphs and despairs of men who have tried the peak.
This book is the heroic chronicle of the assaults that climbers have made against this ultimate summit. James Ullman, himself an experienced mountaineer, has selected from the rich and varied literature about the mountain the great passages that narrate the triumphs and despairs of men who have tried the peak.
Number of Copies
1
Library | Accession‎ No | Call No | Copy No | Edition | Location | Availability |
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Main | 146 |
915.42 ULL |
1 | Yes |