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Himalayan Quest, Ed Viesturs on the 8,000-Meter Giants
by Ed Viesturs
- EXPLORATION
- 2009
- PAPER
- 176 PAGES
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In 1986, Austrian Reinhold Messner became the first man to scale all 14 peaks which stand above 8,000 meters, all of which are located in the Himalayas. Seventeen years later, Ed Viesturs became the first American to accomplish this daunting feat. This appealing photographic guide chronicles Viestur's journey, complete with breathtaking images of the Himalayan landscape (made more impressive when one imagines how difficult it must have been to take them while climbing!) as well as informative maps of the region.
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