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1 online resource |
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Acknowledgments; Foreword by Kenneth Kamler; Introduction; Part One: Major Calamities and Extraordinary Triumphs; Section One: The Matterhorn (14,692 feet); CHAPTER 1 The Matterhorn, 1865: Whymper and the Fall; Section Two: Denali (20,320 feet); CHAPTER 2 Denali, 1967: First Winter Expedition: Art Davidson; CHAPTER 3 Denali, 1967: The Wilcox Expedition; Section Three: K2 (28,251 feet); CHAPTER 4 K2, 1953: The Savage Mountain: Charles Houston and Art Gilkey; CHAPTER 5 K2, 1954: The First Ascent: Deception and Lies-Achille Compagnoni, Lino Lacedelli, and Walter Bonatti |
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CHAPTER 6 K2, 2008: Avalanche and Deaths: Wilco van Rooijen and Gerard McDonnellSection Four: Cerro Torre (10,262 feet); CHAPTER 7 Cerro Torre, 1959, 1970, 2012: The Towering Shadow of Deception: Maestri's Claimed Ascent; Section Five: Everest (29,035 feet); CHAPTER 8 Everest, 1996: Death and Rebirth: Rob Hall, Beck Weathers, and Many Others; Section Six: Siula Grande (20,814 feet); CHAPTER 9 Siula Grande, 1985: Joe Simpson's Escape; Section Seven: Nanga Parbat (26,660 feet); CHAPTER 10 Nanga Parbat, 1934: A German Tragedy; CHAPTER 11 Nanga Parbat, 1970: Günther Messner's Death |
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Part Two: Briefer OverviewsMcKinley, 1906: Dr. Cook's Deception; Annapurna, 1950, Revisited: David Roberts vs. Maurice Herzog; The Pamirs, 1974: Fifteen Climbers Die; Terrorism: The Yellow Wall, 2000: Kidnapping and "Murder" in Kyrgyzstan, and Nanga Parbat, 2013: Eleven Mountaineers Murdered; Kings Canyon National Park, 2003: Amy Racina's Angels; Blue John Canyon, 2003: Aron Ralston; Everest, 2006: The Sad and Unnecessary Death of David Sharp; K2, 2010: Little Lies, Damning Lies: Christian Stangl's Ascent Hoax, and Kanchenjunga, 2009: Oh Eun-Sun's False Claim; Tunnel Creek, 2012: Avalanche |
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Everest, 2014: A Sherpa TragedyConclusion; Glossary; About the Authors |
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Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher |
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Mountaineering -- History
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Mountaineers -- Biography
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GAMES -- Gambling -- Sports.
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SPORTS & RECREATION -- Business Aspects.
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SPORTS & RECREATION -- Essays.
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SPORTS & RECREATION -- History.
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SPORTS & RECREATION -- Reference.
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TRAVEL -- Special Interest -- Sports.
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Mountaineering
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Mountaineers
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Biographies
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History
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Hauptman, Robert, 1941- author.
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| LC no. |
2016038982 |
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9781589798427 |
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1589798422 |
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