The Third Pole : mystery, obsession, and death on Mount Everest / Mark Synnott.
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TextPublisher: New York : Dutton, Penguin Random House LLC, 2021Copyright date: � 2021Edition: First editionDescription: 430 pages ; 24 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781524745578
- 152474557X
- Irvine, Andrew, 1902-1924
- Synnott, Mark
- Mount Everest Expedition (1924)
- Mountaineering expeditions -- Everest, Mount (China and Nepal)
- Mountaineers -- Great Britain
- Mountaineers -- United States
- Mountaineering -- Everest, Mount (China and Nepal) -- History
- Everest, Mount (China and Nepal) -- Description and travel
- 796.522092Â 23
- GV199.44.E85Â S96 2021
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| Book | Altamont Public Library Adult Non-Fiction | Altamont Public Library | Adult Books | 796.5220 Synnott (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 35323000081468 | ||
| Book | Chanute Public Library Adult Non-Fiction | Chanute Public Library | Adult Books | 796.52 SYN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 34316002707172 |
Includes index.
Prologue -- PART 1. Paths to Obsession. Among the dead -- Moscow rules -- Haut monde -- The redheaded stepchild of product testing -- More like war than sport -- PART 2. Ascending. Into the abode of snow -- The miracle highway -- Fani -- The day Everest broke -- PART 3. Beyond All -- Kam -- English air -- Above the brink -- High endeavors -- Home.
"Veteran climber Mark Synnott never planned on climbing Mount Everest, but a hundred-year mystery lured him into an expedition--and an awesome history of passionate adventure, chilling tragedy, and human aspiration unfolded"--
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