High In the Thin Cold Air
The story of the Himalayan Scientific and Mountaineering Expedition 1960-61.Desmond Doig, the Expeditions's press correspondent and expert linguist,...
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The story of the Himalayan Scientific and Mountaineering Expedition 1960-61.
Desmond Doig, the Expeditions's press correspondent and expert linguist, tells of the search for the elusive Yeti - the Abominable Snowman of Sherpa legend - and of all that was learned if the lives, customs, and mythology of the Sherpa people.
Sir Edmund Hillary, the Expedition Leader, relates how they built a prefabricated laboratory, the Silver Hut, at 19,000 feet, where nine doctors, physiologists and climbers spent the winter under the leadership of Dr Griffith Pugh; how group of climbers from the wintering party, led by Dr Michael Ward, reached the summit of the 'unclimbable' Amadablam; how the Expedition, joined by a party of fresh climbers, moved over three 20,000 foot passes to Mt Makalu for the attempt of the summit.
- Format:Hardcover
- Pages:287 pages
- Publication:1963
- Publisher:Hodder and Stoughton
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- Language:eng
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