Climbing the World's 14 Highest Mountains: The History of the 8,000-meter Peaks"The year 2000 is the fiftieth anniversary of the ascent of Annapurna, the first of the 8000-meter peaks to be climbed. In the decade following that first ascent in 1950, all but one of the world's fourteen highest mountains were climbed; the period from 1950 to 1960 can be considered the Golden Age for high altitude climbing. Only Shisha Pangma remained unclimbed until 1964 when a Chinese party led by Hsu Ching reached the summit." "This book brings together the stories behind the discovery, exploration and first successful ascents of each of the fourteen highest peaks, as well as accounts of the most important attempts and ascents that followed. Many of these stories illustrate how modern technology has enabled mountaineers to climb the previously unscaled peaks, while still demonstrating the importance of the human element."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved |
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Annapurna ascent route Austria avalanche base camp bivouac bottled oxygen British Broad Peak Buhl Carsolio Central Summit Cho Oyu claimed climbers Czech Rep Dawa descent Dhaulagiri Diamir Face Diemberger Dorje Sherpa Nepal east ridge Everest expedition explored France French Gasherbrum Gasherbrum II Germany Glacier Hillary Himalaya India Italy Japan Japanese Couloir Jerzy Kukuczka Kammerlander Kangchenjunga Karakoram Korea later Lhakpa Lhotse Loretan main summit Makalu Manaslu Mingma mountain Nanga Parbat Nawang Nepalese Nima Dorje Norbu north face north ridge north-west Nuru Sherpa NW Face original route pair Pakistan Pasang photographs plateau Poland post-monsoon reached the summit reached the top Reinhold Messner Russia Sherpa Nepal Shisha Pangma Slovenia snow solo south face South Summit south-east ridge south-west face Spain spur Swiss Switzerland Tamang Nepal team climbed Temba Sherpa Nepal Tenzing Tibet Tibetan traverse Tshering Sherpa Nepal USSR west face west ridge Wielicki winter ascent