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ZUM BERG DES HIMMELS: HINDUKUSCH-EXPEDITION 1968 [TO THE MOUNTAIN OF HEAVEN: HINDU KUSH EXPEDITION 1968] Christian V.D. Hecken 1970 1st ed Hardcover DJ Near Fine
By Hecken, Christian von der
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Vienna, 1970, 1stedition. 270 pp. b/w photos. In German. Light green cloth hardcover with dust jacket. Near Fine condition.
In 1968, eight members of the academic section of the Austrian Alpine Association made an expedition to the Afghan part of the high Hindu Kush. One of the participants, Christian von der Hecken, reports on this difficult undertaking in this book, which was created from precise diary entries.
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