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\n “Because it is there.” These simple words, spoken by pioneer mountaineer George Leigh Mallory to explain why we feel compelled to climb mountains, have become the mantra of many generations of trekkers. Veteran climber Stefano Ardito explores the enduring lure of the world’s highest and most beautiful mountains and chronicles the most outstanding climbs through dramatic photographs, gripping accounts, and fascinating descriptions of the preparations, equipment, and conditioning necessary to make these historical treks. Beginning with a concise chronology of mountaineering, this compelling volume places mountaineering adventures in a historical context, starting with the conquest of Mt. Blanc, the highest peak in the Alps, in 1786. The book progresses to other milestones in mountaineering\u0096the Himalayas, Mt. McKinley, the sheer granite slabs of El Capitan in Yosemite, and many more. Archival photographs juxtaposed with specially commissioned pictures document the hardships, victories, and defeats of these outings. Readers meet the early adventurers who dared to venture where no man had been before and the contemporary trekkers who, equipped with state-of-the-art technology and benefiting from the experience of those who went before them, have taken the art of mountain climbing to new extremes. AUTHOR: Stefano Ardito has been an avid mountain climber all his life. He has written over 50 books on the subject. 719 colour photographs <\/p>\n

Publisher \u200f : \u200e White Star
Publication date \u200f : \u200e 26 February 2009
Language \u200f : \u200e English
Print length \u200f : \u200e 320 pages
ISBN-10 \u200f : \u200e 8854401544
ISBN-13 \u200f : \u200e 978-8854401549
Item Weight \u200f : \u200e 2 kg 770 g
Dimensions \u200f : \u200e 26.04 x 3.18 x 36.2 cm
Country of Origin \u200f : \u200e India <\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“Because it is there.” These simple words, spoken by pioneer mountaineer George Leigh Mallory to explain why we feel compelled to climb mountains, have become the mantra of many generations of trekkers. Veteran climber Stefano Ardito explores the enduring lure of the world’s highest and most beautiful mountains and chronicles […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":793375,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[44],"product_tag":[202],"class_list":["post-793374","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-bicycles-heavy-gym-equipment","product_tag-mountaineering","desktop-align-left","tablet-align-left","mobile-align-left","first","instock","sale","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/anantrading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/793374","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/anantrading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/anantrading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anantrading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=793374"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anantrading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/793375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/anantrading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=793374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anantrading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=793374"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anantrading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=793374"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anantrading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=793374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}