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Description:In the spring of 1955, just two years after Sir Edmund Hillary’s historic first ascent of Mount Everest, Monica Jackson, Elizabeth Stark and Evelyn Camrass formed the first all-female expedition to the Himalaya. In Tents in the Clouds, a memorable and wholly engaging account of their journey, Jackson and Stark describe their trek into the Jugal Himal, a remote, unmapped area of Nepal. With piles of gear, heavy and awkward by today’s standards, and a group of willing Sherpas, they climbed previously unexplored ranges and summited an unknown peak of over twenty-two thousand feet, which they named Gyalgen after their lead Sherpa.Written nearly half a century ago, Tents in the Clouds is a spirited and vivid account of venturing into untrodden territory. A classic in climbing literature, it offers not only a glimpse of an historically significant mountaineering moment, but also a timeless look at the exhilaration of climbing in one of ht most majestic regions on earth.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Tents in the Clouds: The First Women's Himalayan Expedition. To get started finding Tents in the Clouds: The First Women's Himalayan Expedition, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: In the spring of 1955, just two years after Sir Edmund Hillary’s historic first ascent of Mount Everest, Monica Jackson, Elizabeth Stark and Evelyn Camrass formed the first all-female expedition to the Himalaya. In Tents in the Clouds, a memorable and wholly engaging account of their journey, Jackson and Stark describe their trek into the Jugal Himal, a remote, unmapped area of Nepal. With piles of gear, heavy and awkward by today’s standards, and a group of willing Sherpas, they climbed previously unexplored ranges and summited an unknown peak of over twenty-two thousand feet, which they named Gyalgen after their lead Sherpa.Written nearly half a century ago, Tents in the Clouds is a spirited and vivid account of venturing into untrodden territory. A classic in climbing literature, it offers not only a glimpse of an historically significant mountaineering moment, but also a timeless look at the exhilaration of climbing in one of ht most majestic regions on earth.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Tents in the Clouds: The First Women's Himalayan Expedition. To get started finding Tents in the Clouds: The First Women's Himalayan Expedition, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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