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Conquistadors of the Useless | 
 enlarge | Author: Lionel Terray
Publisher: Mountaineers Books
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 704483
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 372
ISBN: 1594851115
Dewey Decimal Number: 796
EAN: 9781594851117
ASIN: 1594851115
Publication Date: August 30, 2008 (New: Last 30 Days)
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Book Description
Frenchman Lionel Terray is one of mountaineering history's great adventurers, and his autobiography, Conquistadors of the Useless, stands among the "100 Greatest Adventure Books of All Time", according to National Geographic Adventure magazine. Following World War II, when France desperately needed successes to heal its wounds, Terray emerged as a national hero, conquering summits atop the planet's highest mountains.
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A true masterpiece of clasic climbing. January 23, 2006
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Lionel Terray was one of the great clasic climbers and this book captures the spirit of those days. The accounts of the climbs are very richly told, they are not technical descriptions but beautiful stories told by a man who devoted his existence to the mountains. Anyone interested in the sport of climbing can benefit from this book, not from the technical side but from the spiritual side and the historical value of the many first ascents by Terray.
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