Nine Atop Everest

Nine Atop Everest
Author: M. S. Kohli
Publisher: Bombay : Orient Longmans
Total Pages: 472
Release: 1969
Genre: Nature
ISBN:

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Nine Atop Everest

Nine Atop Everest
Author: M. S. Kohli
Publisher:
Total Pages: 247
Release: 1981
Genre: Everest, Mount (China and Nepal)
ISBN:

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Headstrap

Headstrap
Author: Nandini Purandare
Publisher: Mountaineers Books
Total Pages: 276
Release: 2024-04-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 1680516418

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This captivating chronicle delves into the untold story of a tribe of people who have played a significant role in mountain exploration and climbing in the Himalayas. Situated in northern India, Darjeeling was developed as a colonial retreat by the British in the early 1830s and soon became famous for its tea gardens, attracting locals from around the region, Nepal, and Tibet in search of work. When Darjeeling became the jumping-off point for early Himalayan expeditions, workers from the Sherpa and Bhutia communities soon established themselves as the preferred high-altitude porters, bringing fame, entwined with tales of valor, courage, and sacrifice, to the city. These are some of their stories. Over the course of a decade, authors Nandini Purandare and Deepa Balsavar conducted a series of interviews with Sherpas from Darjeeling, as well as their family members, descendants, friends, and contemporary climbers. Headstrap weaves a vivid tapestry of this particular Sherpa community, giving them the recognition in mountaineering literature that they deserve.

Climbing and Exploration in the Karakoram Himalayas

Climbing and Exploration in the Karakoram Himalayas
Author: William Martin Conway
Publisher: Indus Publishing
Total Pages: 500
Release: 2001
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 9788173871221

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The present volume is the literary record of the journey of the author giving an account of day to day proceeding.

Indian National Bibliography

Indian National Bibliography
Author: B. S. Kesavan
Publisher:
Total Pages: 552
Release: 2001
Genre: India
ISBN:

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The Call of Everest

The Call of Everest
Author: D. K. Khullar
Publisher:
Total Pages: 210
Release: 1992
Genre: Mountaineering
ISBN:

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Account of the 1984 Indian expedition which included Bachendri Pal, the first Indian woman to climb the Everest.

The Conquest of Everest

The Conquest of Everest
Author: George Lowe
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2013
Genre: Everest, Mount (China and Nepal)
ISBN: 9780500544235

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Celebrating the sixtieth anniversary of the first ascent to Mount Everest's peak, photographs from the climber's personal collection display the landscapes and difficulties faced by the team before finally reaching the summit.

The Billionaire's Apprentice

The Billionaire's Apprentice
Author: Anita Raghavan
Publisher: Business Plus
Total Pages: 496
Release: 2013-06-04
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1455504033

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Just as WASPs, Irish-Catholics and Our Crowd Jews once made the ascent from immigrants to powerbrokers, it is now the Indian-American's turn. Citigroup, PepsiCo and Mastercard are just a handful of the Fortune 500 companies led by a group known as the "Twice Blessed." Yet little is known about how these Indian emigres (and children of emigres) rose through the ranks. Until now... The collapse of the Galleon Group--a hedge fund that managed more than $7 billion in assets--from criminal charges of insider trading was a sensational case that pitted prosecutor Preet Bharara, himself the son of Indian immigrants, against the best and brightest of the South Asian business community. At the center of the case was self-described King of Kings, Galleon's founder Raj Rajaratnam, a Sri-Lankan-born, Wharton-educated billionaire. But the most shocking allegation was that the éminence grise of Indian business, Rajat Gupta, was Rajaratnam's accomplice and mole. If not for Gupta's nose-to-the-grindstone rise to head up McKinsey & Co and a position on the Goldman Sachs board, men like Rajaratnam would have never made it to the top of America's moneyed elite. Author Anita Raghavan criss-crosses the globe from Wall Street boardrooms to Delhi's Indian Institute of Technology as she uncovers the secrets of this subculture--an incredible tale of triumph, temptation and tragedy.

The Best Women's Travel Writing, Volume 9

The Best Women's Travel Writing, Volume 9
Author: Lavinia Spalding
Publisher: Travelers' Tales
Total Pages: 325
Release: 2013-08-13
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 1609520866

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Since publishing the original edition of A Woman’s World in 1995, Travelers’ Tales has been the recognized national leader in women’s travel literature, and with the launch of the annual series The Best Travel Writing in 2004, the obvious next step was an annual collection of the best women’s travel writing of the year. This title is the ninth in that series—The Best Women’s Travel Writing—presenting stimulating, inspiring, and uplifting adventures from women who have traveled to the ends of the earth to discover new places, peoples, and facets of themselves. The common threads connecting these stories are a female perspective and fresh, compelling storytelling to make the reader laugh, weep, wish she were there, or be glad she wasn’t. The points of view and perspectives are global, and themes are as eclectic as in all of our books, including stories that encompass spiritual growth, hilarity and misadventure, high adventure, romance, solo journeys, stories of service to humanity, family travel, and encounters with exotic cuisine.