Himalayan Dreaming: Australian mountaineering in the great ranges of Asia, 1922-1990
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How did climbers from the world's flattest, hottest continent become world-class Himalayan mountaineers, the equal of any elite mountaineer from countries with long climbing traditions and home ranges that make Australia’s highest summit look like a suburban hill? This book tells the story of Australian mountaineering in the great ranges of Asia, from the exploits of a brash, young colonial with an early British Himalayan expedition in the 1920s to the coming of age of Australian climbers in...[Show more]
Collections | ANU Press (1965-Present) |
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Date published: | 2010 |
Type: | Book |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/61214 |
DOI: | 10.22459/HD.11.2017 |
Access Rights: | Open Access via publisher website |
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