KANGCHENJUNGA THE HIMALAYAN GIANT Doug Scott 2021 New hardcover DJ (Scott, Doug)

	Item #: BK4793-844 KANGCHENJUNGA THE HIMALAYAN GIANT Doug Scott 2021 New hardcover DJ By Scott, Doug Price: $59.95 Add to wish list Click Here For Related Selections
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UK, 2021, 1st edition. 273 pp, color photos, maps New hardcover with DJ. There is no writing in the book or other flaws, and the dust jacket has no tears or chips and is not price clipped. The Dust Jacket is now protected by a removable Brodart clear plastic jacket cover. The Dust Jacket and the Book are in Fine condition. Many books that we describe as Fine are actually in New condition. Over half the books we sell as used books were originally sold by us to a book collector or reader when the book was new, usually the same year as the first edition. He or she has recently sold the book back to us so it has never suffered the indignity of having been bought and sold several times over the years, so it is still in New shape. The DJ is still glossy. The book and DJ are faded and not soiled. 'Kangchenjunga is an outstanding epitaph to a man, loved and respected by a generation of mountaineers around the world.' � Chris Martin, Mountain Heritage Trust Completed before his death in 2020, Kangchenjunga is Doug Scott�s final book. Scott explores the mountain and its people before going on to look at Western approaches and climbing attempts, including his own in 1979. Kangchenjunga is Scott�s tribute to this sacred mountain, a paean for a Himalayan giant, written by a giant of Himalayan climbing. Kangchenjunga is the third highest mountain in the world and a notoriously difficult and dangerous mountain to climb. First climbed from the west in 1955 by a British team comprising Joe Brown, George Band, Tony Streather and Norman Hardie, it waited over twenty years for a second ascent. The third ascent, from the north, was made in 1979 by a four-man team including the visionary British alpinist Doug Scott. Completed before his death in 2020, and edited by Catherine Moorehead, Kangchenjunga is Doug Scott�s final book. Scott explores the mountain and its varied people � the mountain sits on the border between Nepal and Sikkim in north-east India � before going on to look at Western approaches and early climbing attempts on the mountain. Kangchenjunga was in fact long believed to be the highest mountain in the world, until in the nineteenth century it was demonstrated that Peak XV � Everest � was taller. Out of respect for the beliefs of the Sikkimese, no climber has ever set foot on the very top of Kangchenjunga, the sacred summit. Scott�s own relationship with the mountain began in 1978, three years after his first British ascent of Everest with Dougal Haston. The assembled team featured some of the greatest mountaineers in history: Scott, Joe Tasker, Peter Boardman and Georges Bettembourg. The plan was for a stripped-down expedition the following spring � minimal Sherpa support, no radios, largely self-financed. It was the first time a mountain of this scale had been attempted by a new and difficult route without the use of oxygen, and with such a small team. Scott, Tasker and Boardman summited on 16 May 1979, further consolidating their legends in this golden era. Kangchenjunga is Doug Scott�s tribute to this sacred mountain, a paean for a Himalayan giant, written by a giant of Himalayan climbing. Price approximate.
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