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In breve: "Mount Everest Reconnaissance Expedition of 1951" is highly recommended to fans of Shipton's previous travelogues in South Asia, and those interested in a moment in mountaineering history when Everst was still unclimbed. |
In breve: The story of Charles Allen's search for the legendary mountain at the centre of the world culminating in his discovery of the West Tibetan mountain, Kailas. |
In breve: Chi non conosce questa fotografia? la cartolina ricavatane l'ho usata per ricordare la spedizione al Kailash, 1994, sulle orme di Giuseppe Tucci, nel centennario della nascita. |
In breve: La guida descrive tutte le escursioni e le ascensioni sulle montagne tra il Lago d'Iseo e il Lago di Garda sottolineandone ogni difficoltà e segnala tutti i rifugi con le rispettive traversate escursionistiche. |
In breve: Tradotto in italiano con l'improbabile titolo “Sui tetti del Mondo” è composto di 14 sorprendenti capitoli che portano il lettore dalle prime ascensioni sulle Alpi alle montagne del Caucaso, dall'Himalaya al Karakoram fino alle Montagne Rocciose, per concludersi con le spedizioni alle Svalbard e in Groenlandia. |
In breve: Also this book of Eric Shipton takes one back to the glorious days of Himalayan exploration when every turn on the mountain trail could reveal a sight, hitherto unknown to human eyes. It is no surprise that some of the grandest secrets of the Himalayas were revealed to probably the most sympathetic, poetic and daring explorers of all time. |
In breve: H. W. Tilman has been called "arguably the best expedition writer and best explorer-mountaineer" of the 20th century. Read book review of "The seven mountain travel books" |
In breve: Collects four out-of-print classic climbing books: Tasker's Savage Arena and Everest the Cruel Way, and Boardman's The Shining Mountain and Sacred Summits. |
In breve: Nebesky-Wojkowitz, during several periods of his field work in the Himalayas had studied these Buddhist temple dances. He brought to their description his expert knowledge of Tibetan iconography and ritual. Of particular interest is the translation of the Tibetan texts containing detailed instructions for the performances of the dances. |
In breve: Un classico. |