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ANNAPURNA: A Woman's Place: The Twentieth Anniversary Edition.

ANNAPURNA: A Woman's Place: The Twentieth Anniversary Edition.

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ANNAPURNA: A Woman's Place: The Twentieth Anniversary Edition.

by Blum, Arlene

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ISBN 10
1578050227
ISBN 13
9781578050222
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San Francisco:: Sierra Club Books,, (1998.). SIGNED -. Near fine.. Trade paperback. The dramatic story of the first all-women's ascent of one of the most challenging peaks in the Himalayas, by the leader of the expedition: In 1978 Arlene Blum led an all-womenÕs expedition to the North Face of 26,545 foot Annapurna in Nepal. On October 15, Irene Beardsley Miller and Vera Komarkova, along with two Sherpas, Mingma Tsering and Chewang Rinjee, reached the top. Miller and Komarkova were the first women and the first Americans to stand on AnnapurnaÕs summit. Along with American and Nepalese flags, they unfurled a banner with the expedition slogan, ÒA WomanÕs Place Is on Top.Ó Foreword by Maurice Herzog.The Twentieth Anniversary Edition with a new preface and afterword by the author. INSCRIBED on the half title page by Blum "To . . . Success on Top!" A somewhat oversized trade paperback illustrated with many photographs. Bibliography, index. 258 pp.

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Title
ANNAPURNA: A Woman's Place: The Twentieth Anniversary Edition.
Author
Blum, Arlene
Format/Binding
SIGNED -
Book Condition
Used - Near fine.
Binding
Paperback
ISBN 10
1578050227
ISBN 13
9781578050222
Publisher
Sierra Club Books,
Place of Publication
San Francisco:
Date Published
(1998.)
Keywords
exploration, women's studies, himalayas,
Bookseller catalogs
Mountaineering and climbing;

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