MARC Record from Library of Congress

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050 00 $aGV199.9$b.D67 2011
082 04 $a796.522/0922$223
100 1 $aDouglas, Ed,$d1966-
245 10 $aMountaineers :$bgreat tales of bravery and conquest /$c[written by Ed Douglas ; additional writing, Richard Gilbert, Philip Parker, Alasdair Macleod].
250 $a1st American ed.
260 $aNew York, N.Y. :$bSmithsonian Institution :$bDK,$c2011.
300 $a360 p. :$bchiefly col. ill., ports. ;$c30 cm.
500 $aIncludes index.
505 0 $aThe early mountaineers. Climbing for survival ; What mountains mean ; Mountains and Christianity -- Climbing for science and art. A new frontier ; The cultural heights ; The first summiteers -- The Golden Age of alpinism. A fashion for climbing ; The price of adventure ; "An easy day for a lady" ; Birth of modern alpinism -- Beyond the Alps. The greater ranges ; Climbing in the New World ; Alpinism in Japan -- Slaying the giants. The greatest show on Earth ; Back of an envelope ; The Himalayan Golden Age -- The age of extremes. The North faces ; The unwritten rules ; Women mountaineers ; Fast and light -- Mountain directory.
520 $a"Celebrating a rich tradition of bravery, thirst for knowledge, and pursuit of glory, Mountaineers tells the stories of the pioneers who first scaled the heights of this planet."--P. [2] of jacket.
650 0 $aMountaineers.
650 0 $aMountaineering.
700 1 $aGilbert, Richard,$d1937-
700 1 $aParker, Philip.
700 1 $aMacleod, Alasdair,$d1963-