Kamet conquered
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1932. First edition, 8vo, pp. xvi, 420; frontispiece, one folding map, two maps in text (recorded as plates), and 45 plates from photographs; full black cloth, gilt title on spine; top edge foxed, plates a little toned, text clean and sound, very good, in a good chipped and soiled dust jacket. "In 1930 and 1931, Mr. Smythe organized an all-British expedition which had as its two main objects the conquest of Kamet, the great 25,447 feet peak in the Central Himalaya, and the explorations at the source of the Ganges. The expedition was entirely successful in accomplishing both of its objects." The mountaineer Tenzing Norgay called Smythe "one of the finest of all mountaineers." He pioneered multiple routes in the Himalayas, and made attempts at Everest prior to the first ascent by Norgay and Hillary. Item #67513
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