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100			_9196662 _aDouglas, Ed
245			_aMountaineers/ _bGreat tales of bravery and conquest _cEd, Douglas
260			_aNew York, USA: _bSmithsonian institution, _c©2011.
300			_a360 pages. _bColor illustrations.: _c30 cm
500			_aIncludes mountain directory; Index
520			_aTapping into the same rich vein of bravery, thirst for knowledge, eccentricity, and pursuit of glory as DK's Explorers, Mountaineers tells the stories of the pioneers who first conquered the heights of this planet. A lavish visual survey of more than eighty of the world's greatest mountaineers — who they were, where they went, and how their expeditions shaped the course of human history — Mountaineers will explore the history of expeditions, from the Alps and other European peaks to Everest and other peaks in Himalayas, and the Andes. Full of stirring tales and intriguing characters, from the Brits who insisted on hauling cases of vintage champagne up to Everest, to the Italian Duke of the Abruzzi who took ten iron bedsteads up Alaska's Malaspina glacier, Mountaineers is full of important scientific discoveries; accounts of great bravery, fellowship, altruism, and good humor in the face of adversity; and a spirit of adventure.
521			_aAdult
600			_2Mountaineering ;
600			_2History
700			_985147 _a BRIDLE, Bob London, [c.2011]
700			_9196658 _aJohn, David
700			_9196659 _aLaws, Peter
700			_9196660 _aThomas, Louise
700			_9196661 _aGilbert, Richard
942			_2ddc _cBOOK _w6197 _xNontobeko Sigudla _y6197 _zNontobeko Sigudla
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