Alpine warriors /

From internationally renowned mountain historian Bernadette McDonald comes a highly readable, intense and exciting look at the explosion of Slovenian alpinism in the context of that country's turbulent political history. After the Second World War a period of relative calm began in Josip Broz T...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: McDonald, Bernadette, 1951- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [Victoria, British Columbia] : RMB, Rocky Mountain Books Ltd., [2015]
Edición:1st edition.
Temas:
Mountaineering > Slovenia > History.
Mountaineers > Slovenia > Biography.
Sports de montagne > Slovénie > Histoire.
Alpinistes > Slovénie > Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Sports.
GAMES > Gambling > Sports.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Business Aspects.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Essays.
SPORTS & RECREATION > History.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Reference.
TRAVEL > Special Interest > Sports.
Mountaineering
Mountaineers
Slovenia
Alberta author.
Biographies
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • 1. Dare to dream
  • 2. Triglav in winter
  • 3. A lesson in patience
  • 4. Friends like these
  • 5. The first casualty
  • 6. Everest West Ridge
  • 7. The greatest prize
  • 8. Dhaulagiri obsession
  • 9. Fallen stars
  • 10. The loner
  • 11. Next wave
  • 12. Seismic shift
  • 13. A most beautiful summit
  • 14. Three musketeers
  • 15. Flying solo
  • 16. War and suffering
  • 17. Dhaulagiri real-time
  • 18. Canadian adventure
  • 19. Death in the mountains
  • 20. Legacy.

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