Mountaineering has served as a metaphor for civilization triumphant. A fascinating study of the first ascents of the major Alpine peaks and Mt. Everest, The Sum

The first scholarly English translations of thirteen vital texts that elucidate the central role mountains have played across nearly five centuries of Germanoph

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