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9780898867237

Shisha Pangma: The Alpine Style First Ascent of the Southwest Face

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  • ISBN13:

    9780898867237

  • ISBN10:

    0898867231

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2000-03-01
  • Publisher: Mountaineers Books
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Table of Contents

Author's Note 9(11)
Diary of Events 11(3)
Maps
14(7)
Preparations
21(17)
Peking to Nyalam
38(35)
Nyalam to Base Camp
73(16)
Trouble at Base Camp
89(18)
Acclimization Climb
107(19)
Pungpa Ri
126(27)
The Climb - Lower Half
153(35)
To the Summit
188(17)
To the Summit
205(113)
Postscript
214(5)
APPENDICES
I Early Buddhism in Tibet and Milarepa
219(16)
II European Advances into Tibet
235(14)
III Early Expeditions to Shisha Pangma
249(26)
IV Climbing Around Shisha Pangma
275(17)
V Expedition Medicine -- A Personal View
292(11)
A Note on Mapping
298(2)
Bibliography
300(3)
Additional Appendix Items for the 2000 Edition
Ascents on Shisha Pangma
303(10)
Shisha Pangma: Summit Climbs
313(1)
Fatalities on Shisha Pangma
314(1)
Central Summit Ascents
315(3)
Index 318

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