THE BUTCHER: THE ASCENT OF YERUPAJA John Sack 1952 1st ed Hardcover DJ Very Good (Sack, John)

	Item #: OP1040-850 THE BUTCHER: THE ASCENT OF YERUPAJA John Sack 1952 1st ed Hardcover DJ Very Good By Sack, John Price: $9.99 List Price: $25.00 You Save $15.01 (60%) Add to wish list Click Here For Related Selections
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New York, 1952, 1st edition. 213 pp, 17 b/w photos. Hardcover with chipped dust jacket, there si a 3'' x 2'' piece of the DJ misisng from the front of the book. Book itself is near fine, no writing. Very Good overall. First ascent of the highest peak of the Cordillera Huayhuash in 1950. Yerupaja is a 21,769 foot (6635 meters) peak in the Cordillera Huayhuash in Peru, the second highest in that country. This book recounts the first ascent by a group of seven college students, 5 from Harvard and 2 from Stanford. The peak is known as El Carnicero (the Butcher) because of the knife-edged sharpness of its summit ridge. This is one of the most difficult Andean peaks.
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