The Third Pole : : Mystery, Obsession, and Death on Mount Everest
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Includes index.
Prologue -- PART 1. Paths to Obsession. Among the dead -- Moscow rules -- Haut monde -- The redheaded stepchild of product testing -- More like war than sport -- PART 2. Ascending. Into the abode of snow -- The miracle highway -- Fani -- The day Everest broke -- PART 3. Beyond All -- Kam -- English air -- Above the brink -- High endeavors -- Home.
"Veteran climber Mark Synnott never planned on climbing Mount Everest, but a hundred-year mystery lured him into an expedition--and an awesome history of passionate adventure, chilling tragedy, and human aspiration unfolded"-- Provided by publisher.
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PUBLISHED
New York : Dutton, Penguin Random House LLC, 2021.
Year Published: 2021
Description: 429 p.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781524745578 (hardcover)
152474557X (hardcover)
9781524745592 (softcover)
1524745596 (softcover)
SUBJECTS
Irvine, Andrew, -- 1902-1924.
Synnott, Mark.
Mount Everest Expedition -- (1924)
Mountaineering expeditions -- Everest, Mount (China and Nepal)
Mountaineers -- Great Britain.
Mountaineers -- United States.
Mountaineering -- Everest, Mount (China and Nepal) -- History.
Mountaineering.
Mountaineering expeditions.
Everest, Mount (China and Nepal) -- Description and travel.