Fatal Mountaineer: The High-Altitude Life and Death of Willi Unsoeld, American Himalayan Legend

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Roper, R. (2002). Fatal Mountaineer: The High-Altitude Life and Death of Willi Unsoeld, American Himalayan Legend. New York: St. Martin's Press. 306 pages. ISBN: 0-312-26153-5.

Fatal Mountaineer is a tale of the life and death of Willi Unsoeld. It recounts his days as a mountain guide in the western United States, his feats on Everest in 1963, his stint with the Peace Corps, his career as a college professor and lecturer, and his philosophy with regard to the natural world. The book, however, centers on Unsoeld's relationship with a mountain that captured his heart while traveling in India as ...

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