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Spanning millennia, from its earliest inhabitants to the present conflicts over Tibet and Everest, Himalaya is a soaring account of resilience and conquest, discovery and plunder, oppression and enlightenment at the 'roof of the world'. From all around the globe, the unique and astonishing geography of the Himalaya has attracted those in search of spiritual and literal elevation- pilgrims, adventurers and mountaineers seeking to test themselves among the world's most spectacular and challenging peaks. But far from being wild and barren, the Himalaya has throughout the ages been home to an astonishing diversity of indigenous and local cultures, as well as a crossroads for trade, and a meeting point and conflict zone for the world's superpowers. Here Jesuit missionaries exchanged technologies with Tibetan Lamas, Mongol Khans employed Nepali craftsmen, Armenian merchants exchanged musk and gold with Mughals. Here too the East India Company grappled for dominance with China's emperors, independent India has been locked in conflict with Mao's Communists and their successors, and the ideological confrontation of the Cold War is now being buried beneath mass tourism and ecological transformation. Featuring scholars and tyrants, bandits and CIA agents, go-betweens and revolutionaries, Himalaya is a panoramic, character-driven history on the grandest but also the most human scale, by far the most comprehensive yet written, encompassing geology and genetics, botany and art, and bursting with stories of courage and resourcefulness

In Statement, Ben Moon's official biography, award-winning writer Ed Douglas paints a portrait of a climbing visionary and dispels the myth of Moon as an anti-traditional climbing renegade. Interviews with Moon are complemented with insights from family and friends and extracts from magazines and personal diaries and letters.

Über 100 große Bergsteiger im Porträt Dieses Buch ist Nachschlagewerk und spannend erzählte Abenteuerreportage in einem - von Ötzi über die Bergführer und Erstbesteiger der Alpengipfel wie Edward Whymper (Matterhorn) bis zu den Bezwingern der Achttausender wie Edmund Hillary oder Reinhold Messner. Auch Extrem-Kletterer wie Thomas und Alexander Huber werden vorgestellt. Das Buch porträtiert über 100 der größten Alpinisten und Abenteurer. Es beschreibt ihre Motive, ihre Erfolge und Niederlagen. Spannende Schilderungen machen ihre Aufstiege lebendig, anhand von Karten lassen sich die Routen nachvollziehen. Durch Zeittafeln und umfangreiche Hintergrundinformationen zur jeweiligen Epoche werden die Lebensporträts der Kletterer richtig eingeordnet. Zusätzlich bietet das Buch Porträts legendärer Gipfel, Hintergrundinformationen zur Entwicklung wichtiger Ausrüstung sowie Sonderseiten über die Berge in Kunst und Literatur. Mit einem Vorwort der berühmten Bergsteigerin Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner, die als erste Frau alle 14 Achttausender ohne künstlichen Sauerstoff bestiegen hat.

Combining travel writing with an insight of the social and environmental problems caused by climbers, Douglas examines a region that is struggling to develop and change. It is the story of resourceful and cultured people finding a balance between the new and the old, who rely on the work Everest provides.