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The Third Pole : mystery, obsession, and death on Mount Everest / Mark Synnott.

Synnott, Mark, (author.).

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  • ISBN: 152474557X : HRD
  • ISBN: 9781524745578 : HRD
  • ISBN: 9781524745578
  • ISBN: 152474557X
  • Physical Description: 416 p.
  • Publisher: New York : Dutton, Penguin Random House LLC, 2021.

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Includes index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Prologue -- PART 1. Paths to Obsession. Among the dead -- Moscow rules -- Haut monde -- The redheaded stepchild of product testing -- More like war than sport -- PART 2. Ascending. Into the abode of snow -- The miracle highway -- Fani -- The day Everest broke -- PART 3. Beyond All -- Kam -- English air -- Above the brink -- High endeavors -- Home.
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"Veteran climber Mark Synnott never planned on climbing Mount Everest, but a hundred-year mystery lured him into an expedition--and an awesome history of passionate adventure, chilling tragedy, and human aspiration unfolded"-- Provided by publisher.

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Mountaineering > Everest, Mount (China and Nepal) > History.
Everest, Mount (China and Nepal) > Description and travel.

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The Third Pole : Mystery, Obsession, and Death on Mount Everest
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The Third Pole : Mystery, Obsession, and Death on Mount Everest

Mark Synnott is a twenty-five-year member of the North Face Global Athlete Team, an internationally certified mountain guide and a trainer for the Pararescuemen of the United States Air Force. A frequent contributor to National Geographic magazine, he is the author of The Impossible Climb and The Third Pole . He lives in the Mt. Washington Valley of New Hampshire.

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