Because It's There: A Celebration of Mountaineering from 200 B.C. to Today

ISBN-13: 9780878333035 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 496 str.

Alan S. Weber

Opis

Beginning with Hannibal's legendary crossing of the Alps and concluding with present-day firsthand accounts of Everest and K-2 expeditions, this engrossing collection presents 43 essays, poems, and reminiscences by artists and adventurers to whom climbing is more personal mission than sport.