The Butcher: The Ascent of Yerupaja
Author(s):
Sack, John
Copyright: 1952, Rinehart, NY
Specifications: 1st, 8vo, pp.ix, 213, 17 bw photos, map, blue cloth
Condition: dj ch, vg, cloth fine.
Account of the 1950 first ascent of Yerupaja (21,769’), the highest peak in the Cordillera Huayhuash, Peru, by the Harvard Andean Expedition. At the time, Yerupaja was the highest unclimbed peak in the Western Hemisphere, and thought to be unclimbable. Neate S02.