Mountaineering in China
Author(s):
[China]
Copyright: 1965, Foreign Languages Press, Peking
Specifications: 1st, 8vo, [pp.91], 4 color & 134 bw photos, wraps w/ dj
Condition: dj w/ edge rubbing, vg
A nice, primarily photo, book which includes ascents of Minya Konka (1957), Shule Mountain (1958), Mustagh Ata (1959 – new women’s world altitude record), Everest (1960 - first ascent of North Ridge), Amne Machin (1960), Kongur (1961 – all-women, new women’s world altitude record), and Shisha Pangma (1964 – first ascent). In English. Scarce. Neate C42.