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Title	:	Fallen Giants: A History of Himalayan Mountaineering from the Age of Empire to the Age of Extremes
Author	:	Maurice Isserman
Rating	:	4.65 (767 Votes)
Asin	:	0300164203
Format Type	:	Paperback
Number of Pages	:	592Pages
Publish Date	:	2016-8-11
Language	:	English

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It has the additional attribute of pithily capturing the driven, not to say sometimes nutty, personalities attracted to an extremely perilous sport. Why outfits picked K2, Annapurna, or Kangchenjunga are stories in themselves, in which Isserman and Weaver insightfully engage factors of organization, nationalism, and even aesthetics. Its strength lies in the way it puts each undertaking within the context of evolving styles of high-altitude mountaineering. Including photography of personages and majestic scenery, Isserman and Weaver’s history is well worth any library’s consideration. --Gilbert Taylor . Written by professional historians with an alpine avocation, the narrative opens with nineteenth-century identifications of the 8,000-meter titans of the Himalayas that became the mesmerizing goals of most expeditions. The unique obsession with Mount Everest sums up Isserman and Weaver’s divisions of Himalayan mountaineering history: its name reflects the sport’s birth in empire building, its conquest in 1953 symbolized climbing’s most spectacular moment, and its littered slopes testify

Throughout, the authors discuss the effects of political and social change on the world of mountaineering, and they offer a penetrating analysis of a culture that once emphasized teamwork and fellowship among climbers, but now has been eclipsed by a scramble for individual fame and glory.. They offer detailed, original accounts of the most significant climbs since the 1890s, and they compellingly evoke the social and cultural worlds that gave rise to those expeditions.The book recounts the adventures of such figures as Martin Conway, who led the first authentic Himalayan climbing expedition in 1892; Fanny Bullock Workman, the pioneer explorer of the Karakoram range; George Mallory, the romantic martyr of Mount Everest fame; Charlie Houston, who led American expeditions to K2 in the 1930s and 1950s; Ang Tharkay, the legendary Sherpa, and many others. The first successful ascent of Mount Everest in 1953 by Sir Edmund Hillary and his Sherpa teammate Tenzing Norgay is a familiar saga, but less well known are the tales