Everest: The History of the Himalayan Giant [Hardcover]

Roberto Mantovani (Author), Roberto Montovani (Author), William Fortney (Translator)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1997

Everest: The History of the Himalayan Giant presents the discovery, exploration, and climbing of legendary Mount Everest through remarkable color photos and historic black-and-white images with accompanying text. An accomplished mountaineer, Robert Montovani was the longtime editor of La Revista della Montagna mountaineering magazine. 200 photos, some in color.

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Language Notes

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Italian

About the Author

Roberto Mantovani is a researcher at the National Mountaineering Museum of Turin. He has written several volumes on skiing and hiking, including K2 (White Star), which he co-authored with Kurt Diemberger, and has curated exhibitions at the National Mountaineering Museum of Turin. Kurt Diemberger has climbed some of the world's most daunting peaks, and was the first to climb two of them-the Broad Peak and the Dhaulagiri. He has produced several major documentaries on his experiences. --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 144 pages
• Publisher: Mountaineers Books; First Am edition edition (October 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0898865344
• ISBN-13: 978-0898865349
• Product Dimensions: 14 x 10.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,083,590 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Better than Everest: Mountain Without Mercy., January 31, 2000

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K. Freeman (Apple Valley, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Everest: The History of the Himalayan Giant (Hardcover)

This coffee-table book is full of gorgeous photos and contains a great deal of in-depth information, though obviously not including records from the past few years. It is at least as well-illustrated as Coburn's book (which I would also recommend)and seems to be written for a more knowledgeable audience. Overall, it's "the" classic large-format book on Everest.

5.0 out of 5 stars Spectacular photos of Mount Everest and descriptions of the first ascent attempts and all significant climbs since, September 18, 2009

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Jerome Ryan (Toronto, Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Everest: The History of the Himalayan Giant (Hardcover)

Originally published in 1997, this book was republished in 2007, with 36 pages added with updates for the climbs from 1995 to 2006, including even more spectacular photos.

This is an excellent coffee-table type book with spectacular photos and some good information. The book contains a detailed history of the discovery of the mountain by Sir George Everest, the attempts to climb Everest over the years from Mallory to Hillary, and the significant climbs since then.