Mountains and Desire: Climbing vs. The End of the World by Margret Grebowicz

Mountains and Desire: Climbing vs. The End of the World by Margret GrebowiczOn the 100th anniversary of the first attempt to climb Mt Everest, Margret Grebowicz shows how and why climbing and mountaineering are still important today. In 1923, a reporter asked George Mallory why he wanted to summit Mount Everest.Because its there. Today the question "why do this?" is included in nearly every mountaineering story or interview. Meanwhile, interest in climbing is steadily on the rise, from commercial mountaineering and climbing

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