Voices from the Summit: The World's Great Mountaineers on the Future of Climbing

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Bernadette McDonald, John Amatt
Adventure Press, National Geographic, 2000 - Photography - 256 pages
The National Geographic Society teams up with the Banff Centre for Mountain Culture to assemble a superstar tribute to the art of mountaineering, featuring legends as Sir Edmund Hillary, Reinhold Messner, and David Breashears. Thirty-two living icons from around the world weigh in on 11 topics crucial to the future of mountain climbing, from Himalayan climbing and the ethics of adventuring to ice climbing and rock climbing. Photos.

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Contents

Foreword
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HIMALAYAN CLIMBINGA HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
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HIMALAYAN CLIMBING HIGH ACHIEVERS
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