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Fallen Giants

Fallen Giants

A History of Himalayan Mountaineering

from the Age of Empire to the

Age of Extremes

Maurice Isserman and Stewart Weaver

With Maps and Peak Sketches by

Dee Molenaar

Yale Univ ersit y Pr ess

Ne w Ha v en and London

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Isserman, Maurice.

Fallen giants : a history of Himalayan mountaineering from the age of empire to the age of extremes /

Maurice Isserman and Stewart Weaver ; with maps and peak sketches by Dee Molenaar.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN ---- (cloth : alk. paper)

. Mountaineering—Himalaya Mountains—History. . Himalaya Mountains—Description and travel.

I. Weaver, Stewart Angas. II. Molenaar, Dee. III. Title.

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