In the Throne Room of the Mountain Gods

by Galen Rowell

Paperback, 1986

Status

Available

Call number

915.4

Tags

mountains, climbing history

Genres

Collection

Read but unowned

Publication

Random House, Inc. (1986), Paperback, 326 pages

User reviews

LibraryThing member PAFCWoody
Rowell admirably produces a decent expedition book from very little material. Lavishly interspersed with swathes of colour photographs and dotted with Black & White photos within the text, the book is then padded out with long recycled passages of historical detail. This is the first real bare-all
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 climbing account where the tradition of being tight-lipped is broken with and the internal strife and aggravation is laid out for all to see.
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Subjects

K2 (Pakistan : Mountain) Description and travel
Mountaineering K2 (Mountain)
Mountaineering Pakistan K2 (Mountain)
Mountaineers United States

Language

English

Original publication date

1977 (?)

Physical description

326 p.; 10.8 inches

ISBN

0871567644 / 9780871567642

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