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Tigers Of The Snow : How One Fateful Climb Made The Sherpas Mountaineering Legends
Tigers Of The Snow How One Fateful Climb Made The Sherpas Mountaineering Legends
Author: Jonathan Neale
The true story of the tragedy and survival on one of the world's most dangerous mountains. — In 1922 Himalayan climbers were British gentlemen, and their Sherpa and Tibetan porters were "coolies," unskilled and inexperienced casual laborers. By 1953 Sherpa Tenzing Norgay stood on the summit of Everest, and the coolies had become the "Tigers of th...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780312266233
ISBN-10: 0312266235
Publication Date: 6/29/2002
Pages: 320
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Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
Book Type: Hardcover
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