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 Evans, Charles Kangchenjunga: The Untrodden Peak
1957 Dutton NY 1st, 8vo, pp.xvii, 187, 51 bw photos, 2 maps, 5 diagrams, appendices, black cloth; signed George Band, dj chipped, vg+, cloth fine #12325 $115.00
Account of the British first ascent in 1955. This copy is signed by George Band who was not only one of the team to reach the summit but was also the youngest member of the successful 1953 British Everest Expedition.
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Evans, Charles Kangchenjunga: The Untrodden Peak
1956 Hodder & Stoughton London 1st, 8vo, pp.xix, 187, color frontis, 4 color & 50 bw photos, 2 maps, 5 diagrams, appendices, black cloth; signed George Band & Tony Streather, dj pulled top spine, clipped, very good, cloth w/ pencil marks to ffep, near fine #10272 $295.00 $125.00
Account of the British first ascent in 1955. Band was a member of the first summit team and Streather a member of the second team. Band was also the youngest member of the successful 1953 British Everest Expedition. This UK edition includes color photos not in the US edition.
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Evans, Charles Kangchenjunga: The Untrodden Peak
1956 Hodder & Stoughton London 1st, 8vo, pp.xix, 187, color frontis, 4 color & 50 bw photos, 2 maps, 5 diagrams, appendices, black cloth; dj yellowing on back as usual, 1” tear back, some fold lines to front flap, clipped, vg, cloth bright, tight, near fine, with Kangchenjunga Climbed. 50th anniversary program, pp.12, 5 color & 5 bw photos, wraps; new #23678 $69.00
Account of the British first ascent of Kangchenjunga in 1955. This UK edition includes color photos not in the US edition. The accompanying 50th anniversary program is also signed by the same people with the addition of Charles Clarke provided the introduction for the evening and Doug Scott the clos[read more]
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Evans, Jeremy See You Tomorrow: The Disappearance of Snowboarder Marco Siffredi on Everest
2021 US 1st, 8vo, pp.xvi, 207, black cloth; dj & cloth new #27777 $24.95
Marco Siffredi was considered by many the world’s best snowboarder in 2001 when he made the first complete snowboard descent of Everest. But in 2002, the 23-year-old returned to Tibet and mysteriously disappeared on Everest while attempting to descend the Hornbein Couloir, an unrelentingly steep and[read more]
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Everest 1993 Postcard American Sagarmatha Expedition
1993 ; signed 6 members – Paul Pfau (leader), Dan Aguilar, Charles Armatys, Dan Bouchard, Mark Rabold + 1 other #18932 $19.00
This successful American team placed 10 members on the summit including Armatys, Lefever, Rabold, Selland, and Sinclair. This is one of three different cards produced by this expedition.[read more]
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Everest 1993 Postcard American Sagarmatha Expedition
1993 ; signed 5 members – Paul Pfau (leader), Dan Aguilar, Charles Armatys, Mark Rabold + 1 other #19020 $15.00
This successful American team placed 10 members on the summit including Armatys, Lefever, Rabold, Selland, and Sinclair. This is one of three different cards produced by this expedition.[read more]
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Everest 2000c Postcard Jamie Clarke
2000 oversize card; inscribed by Clarke, fine #26376 $7.50 $4.50
Canadian Clarke had four trips to Everest (1991, 1994, 1997 summit, 2010 summit) as well as climbing the Seven Summits. In 1999 he spent 40 days crossing 620 miles of the Empty Quarter of Arabia, the first westerner to do so in 50 years.
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 Everest Everest: 50 Years on the Mountain
2003 US 90 min, DVD; new #25943 $19.99 $14.99
In 1953, Sir Edmund Hillary & Tenzing Norgay made history as the first people to reach the top of Everest. Now, 50 years later, three sons (Peter Hillary, Jamling Tenzing, Brent Bishop) of Everest's most celebrated climbers return to the mountain to challenge it again. Join their journey as they b[read more]
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Everest. 1993 Postcard Spanish Basque Everest (Autumn) Expedition
1993 ; signed 2 members #18934 $15.00
This post-monsoon expedition placed two members on the summit via the South Pillar route. This is one of three different cards produced by this expedition.[read more]
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Everest. Catalans a l’Everest 50è Aniversari 1a Ascensió 1953 – 2003
2003 FEEC Barcelona 1st, 8vo, [pp.28], 34 color & 1 bw photos, wraps; new. #23377 $19.00
A nice special publication, for the 50th anniversary of the first ascent of Everest, celebrating the Spanish Catalan expeditions to Everest in 1982, 1983, 1985, 1988, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, and 2003. In Spanish, no English translation.[read more]
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Everest. Everest – Photographs from the Royal Geographical Society Picture Library
2003 illustrated brochure w/ price list, pp.40, 14 color & 21 & bw photos, wraps; new. #22909 $9.00
A marvelous selection of prints from the RGS Everest Archive made available in celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the first ascent of Mount Everest. The prints in this special commemorative limited edition include some of the most famous photographs ever taken of the mountain from 1907 to 1953.[read more]
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Everest. Everest: A Climb for Peace
2007 US 63 min, DVD; new #24791 $19.99
Narrated by Orlando Bloom and hailed by the Dalai Lama as a ‘tremendous achievement’, Everest: A Climb for Peace is not your typical Everest film. This chronicles the spectacular journey of 9 ‘peace climbers’ from different faiths and cultures as they climb to the summit of Everest. This was a joi[read more]
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Everest. Hem fet el cim!
1985, 17 Oct La Vanguardia Barcelona 1st, 4to, pp.31, 41 color photos, wraps; entire issue, fine. #23979 $35.00
This special supplement of La Vanguardia is devoted to the 1985 Spanish Catalan Everest expedition. The large team placed six members on the summit via the North Col route, all without supplemental oxygen, following four unsuccessful attempts, and was the second to make the ascent via the monsoon. [read more]
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 Everest. Mount Everest: The Summit of Dreams Video
46 min, VHS; new #6909 $19.95 $0.99
This documentary video follows the successful pre-monsoon 1994 American North Ridge team led by Eric Simonson. Follow the dramatic account as two of the climbing team, Australian Mike Rheinberger and New Zealand guide Mark Whetu, reach the summit at sunset. Their struggle for survival is moving.[read more]
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Everest/Lhotse. 1972 Souvenir Cover Deutsche Everest-Lhotse Expedition
1972 ; signed Gerhard Lenser + 1 other #22375 $19.00
Lenser had a long Himalayan climbing career which included the first ascent of Pumori. On this expedition Lenser and one other climber hoped to climb Lhotse from the east. However, they were unable to find a suitable approach route.[read more]
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Everest/Lhotse. 1972 Souvenir Cover Deutsche Everest-Lhotse Expedition
1972 ; signed Gerhard Lenser #20278 $19.00
Lenser had a long Himalayan climbing career which included the first ascent of Pumori. On this expedition Lenser and one other climber hoped to climb Lhotse from the east. However, they were unable to find a suitable approach route.[read more]
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Everett, Boyd N., Jr. The Organization of an Alaskan Expedition
1984 Gorak Book Pasadena 1st, 8vo, pp.112, photo frontis, 28 bw photos, 2 maps, wraps; fine #25824 $14.95
The first detailed book to describe the tasks necessary to prepare a mountaineering expedition to the Alaska Range, Wrangell Mountains, Chugach Range, and St. Elias Mountains. Topics include route planning, glacier flying, regulations, avalanches, equipment, food, climbing strategies, weather, and e[read more]
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Falvey, Pat A Journey to Adventure: Stories I Never Thought I'd Tell
2007 Ireland 1st, 4to, pp.170, photo frontis, 187 color & 1 bw photos, map, appendix, blue cloth; dj & cloth new #24981 $52.95
Pat Falvey, who runs an adventure travel company from Macgillycuddy’s Reeks in Kerry, has made many high-altitude ascents around the world. He is the only Irish person to complete the Seven Summits, not once but twice, and he has climbed Everest from both north and south. This new, lavishly-illust[read more]
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Falvey, Pat Reach for the Sky
1997 Ireland 1st, 8vo, pp.222, 53 color & 44 bw photos, appendix, black cloth; dj unclipped, fine, cloth tight, fine #12990 $29.00
Falvey went from being a millionaire at age 26, and broke by 29, to the Seven Summits by 39. His ascent of Everest via the North Ridge in 1995 was a first for Ireland.[read more]
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Fanshawe, Andy Coming Through: Expeditions to Chogolisa and Menlungtse
1990 Hodder & Stoughton London 1st, 8vo, pp.217, 17 color photos, 4 maps/drawings, appendices, blue cloth; dj unclipped, fine, cloth w/ 2 small cuts top of ffep, else fine #26494 $17.00 $14.45
The bold, first traverse of Chogolisa's (7665m) twin summits, in 1986, and the first ascent of Mengluntse West (7023m), in 1988, led by Chris Bonington and with David Breashears and Alan Hinkes. Fanshawe was killed in 1992 while climbing in the Cairngorms.[read more]
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