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The third pole : mystery, obsession, and death on Mount Everest  Cover Image Book Book

The third pole : mystery, obsession, and death on Mount Everest / Mark Synnott.

Synnott, Mark, (author.).

Summary:

"Veteran climber Mark Synnott never planned on climbing Mount Everest, but a hundred-year mystery lured him into an expedition--and an awesome history of passionate adventure, chilling tragedy, and human aspiration unfolded"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781524745578
  • ISBN: 152474557X
  • Physical Description: xviii, 429 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: New York : Dutton, 2021.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [389]-412) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Prologue -- PART 1. Paths to Obsession. Among the dead -- Moscow rules -- Haut monde -- The redheaded stepchild of product testing -- Damnable heresy -- PART 2. Ascending. Into the abode of snow -- The miracle highway -- Fani -- The day Everest broke -- PART 3. Beyond All -- Kam -- English air -- Above the brink -- High endeavors -- Home.
Subject: Mountaineering expeditions > Everest, Mount (China and Nepal)
Irvine, Andrew, 1902-1924.
Synnott, Mark.
Mountaineers > Great Britain.
Mountaineers > United States.
Mount Everest Expedition (1924)
Mountaineering > Everest, Mount (China and Nepal) > History.
Everest, Mount (China and Nepal) > Description and travel.

Available copies

  • 2 of 2 copies available at Lehigh Valley Library System.

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  • 0 current holds with 2 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Bethlehem Main Library 796.522 (Text) 33062009446205 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Easton Main Library 796.522 S983t (Text) 31901004495638 Adult Nonfiction Available -


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