Conquistadors of the useless
Subtitle: from the Alps to Annapurna
By: Lionel Terray ; translated by Geoffrey Sutton ; [foreword by David Roberts].
Publisher: Baton Wicks; The Mountaineers
Published: 2001
Place of publication: London; Seattle
Language: eng
Number of pages: 370
Subjects: Terray, Lionel, 1921-; Mountaineers -- France -- Biography; Mountaineering -- History
Genres: Biography.
Description: "Lionel Terray was the central figure in postwar climbing in France - an early repeater of the alpine north faces, and an innovative expeditioner who played a key role during the first ascents of Annapurna (1950) and Makalu (1955)."