num_pages: 218
description: The mountain was Pumasillo or the Puma's Claw: a gleaming snow-and-ice peak towering 20490 feet above sea level near Macchu Picchu one of the last strongholds of the ancient Incas. Majestic and seemingly invincible Pumasillo offers dangers enough to seasoned climbers. Yet the Cambridge Andean Expedition that set out in 1957 to conquer this giant was the youngest group ever to attempt such a climb.
language: English
title: The Puma's Claw
publisher: Little, Brown and Company