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Alpine Rising: Sherpas, Baltis, and the Triumph of Local Climbers in the Greater Ranges

By Bernadette McDonald
Narrated by: Lisa S. Ware
Unabridged — 10 hours, 34 minutes
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By Bernadette McDonald
Narrated by: Lisa S. Ware
Unabridged — 10 hours, 34 minutes
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"Alpine Rising is a fascinating history of the crucial and frequently tragic role of local Nepalis, Tibetans, and Pakistanis on mountaineering expeditions to the world's highest peaks." -Jon Krakauer



The name of Maurice Herzog, the first man to reach the summit of Annapurna, is widely recognized, but how many know Ang Tharkay, the Sherpa who carried the seriously frostbitten Herzog on his back for miles? Although rarely mentioned in published accounts of early expeditions, local climbers hav...