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Brotherhood of the Rope: The Biography of Charles Houston
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Title: Brotherhood of the Rope: The Biography of Charles Houston
Author: Bernadettle McDonald
ISBN: 9780898869422
Publisher: Mountaineers Books
Published: 2008
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Condition: Used: Very Good
Biography 1623593
Publisher Description:
The biography of Charles Houston, M.D., famed for leading the heroic K2 expedition of 1953 and his pioneering research in high-altitude medicine. It was a failed summit attempt and a failed rescue in the Himalaya that brought Charles Houston, M.D., fame and adulation in the mountaineering world. His leadership of the K2 expedition of 1953 is still celebrated as the embodiment of all that is right and good in the mountains. In Brotherhood of the Rope, Bernadette McDonald traces the development of an American hero.
Author: Bernadettle McDonald
ISBN: 9780898869422
Publisher: Mountaineers Books
Published: 2008
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Condition: Used: Very Good
Biography 1623593
Publisher Description:
The biography of Charles Houston, M.D., famed for leading the heroic K2 expedition of 1953 and his pioneering research in high-altitude medicine. It was a failed summit attempt and a failed rescue in the Himalaya that brought Charles Houston, M.D., fame and adulation in the mountaineering world. His leadership of the K2 expedition of 1953 is still celebrated as the embodiment of all that is right and good in the mountains. In Brotherhood of the Rope, Bernadette McDonald traces the development of an American hero.
