Glorious Failures (The Mountaineers Anthology Series, V. 1)
Publisher: Mountaineers Books
Published: October 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 236
ISBN-13: 9780898868258
Subjects: Climbing & mountaineering; Novels, other prose & writers; Mountaineering; Literary Collections; Sports & Recreation; Literature: Classics; Essays; Mountaineering expeditions
First sentence: ALASKA'S MAGNIFICENT MOUNT MCKINLEY,AT 20,320 FEET THE HIGHest point on the North American continent, had been the focus of eight ascent attempts by 1912, when, in one of the greatest heartbreakers in mountaineering history, Belmore Browne came within 150 feet of the storm-lashed summit before admitting defeat.