Stewart Weaver

Autore di Fallen Giants: A History of Himalayan Mountaineering from the Age of Empire to the Age of Extremes

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Opere di Stewart Weaver

Fallen Giants: A History of Himalayan Mountaineering from the Age of Empire to the Age of Extremes (2008) — Autore — 97 copie

John Fielden and the Politics of Popular Radicalism 1832-1847 (1987) 1 copia

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William Cobbett (1925) — Prefazione, alcune edizioni — 25 copie

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#CLAMS (1) 954.2.Is7 (1) 954.2.Is7 c.2 (1) alpineering (1) Alpinismo (23) and many others. Throughout (1) and they offer a penetrating analysis of a culture that once emphasized teamwork and fellowship among climbers (1) Arrampicata (2) Asia (2) Avventura (3) BLTG (1) but less well known are the tales of many other adventurers who also came to test their skills and courage against the world’s highest and most dangerous mountains. In this lively and generously illustrated book (1) but now has been eclipsed by a scramble for individual fame and glory. (1) climbing-books (1) da leggere (2) Esploratori (6) Fjell (3) Food and Travel Writing (1) GV - Rec & leisure (1) Himalaya (16) historians Maurice Isserman and Stewart Weaver present the first comprehensive history of Himalayan mountaineering in fifty years. They offer detailed (1) import-10-05 (1) May50 (1) Nepal (4) New Books for March 2009 (1) not price clipped (1) Novecento (2) on-kindle (1) original accounts of the most significant climbs since the 1890s (1) Portland (1) Saggistica (7) Sopravvivenza (2) Storia (9) the authors discuss the effects of political and social change on the world of mountaineering (1) The first successful ascent of Mount Everest in 1953 by Sir Edmund Hillary and his Sherpa teammate Tenzing Norgay is a familiar saga (1) the legendary Sherpa (1) the pioneer explorer of the Karakoram range; George Mallory (1) the romantic martyr of Mount Everest fame; Charlie Houston (1) Tibet (3) who led the first authentic Himalayan climbing expedition in 1892; Fanny Bullock Workman (1)

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Fallen Giants: A History of Himalayan Mountaineering… di Maurice Isserman

An entertaining history that captures the sad transformation of Himalayan mountaineering from the noble adventures of the early years to the circus-like escapades of recent climbs. It confirms my predilection for Shipton and Tilman when I want to read a narrative of an expedition.

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le.vert.galant | Nov 19, 2019 |

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