Nanda Devi: The Tragic Expedition
Author(s):
Roskelley, John
Copyright: 1987, Stackpole, Harrisburg
Specifications: 1st, 8vo, pp.240, map frontis, 71 bw photos, map, appendix, map eps, blue cloth
Condition: dj spine fading, unclipped, near fine, cloth w/ slight separation between frontis & title page, else fine
The 1976 Nanda Devi expedition, led by Willi Unsoeld, succeeding in scaling the mountain but tragedy struck when Unsoeld's daughter, Nanda Devi, suddenly died. This is Roskelley’s account of an expedition that unraveled in the face of adversity yet pulled together to reach the top. Dee Molenaar has provided the maps. First printings of this book are getting harder to find.
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