White ladder triumph and tragedy at the dawn of mountaineering
The white ladder
Daniel Light
- First edition.
- New York, NY W.W. Norton & Company 2025
- xvi, 412 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates illustrations (some color), map ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 379-393) and index.
All they surveyed -- The Alpinists arrive -- Amateur hour -- Approach to Everest.
"A sweeping history of mountaineering before Everest, and the epic human quest to reach the highest places on Earth"--