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| Other uniform titles: | Terray, Lionel, 1921- Borders of the impossible.
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| ISBN: | 1898573387 (Bâton Wicks)
9781898573388 (Bâton Wicks)
0898867789 (The Mountaineers)
9780898867787 (The Mountaineers)
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| Notes: | "Historic first ascents in the Alps, Alaska, Andes, and Patagonia and of Makalu, Annapurna, Chomo Lönzo and Jannu"--P. [1] cover.
"Lionel Terray's autobiography was first published in France in 1961 as Le Conquérants de l'Inutile (Librarie Gallimard, Paris). The first English language edition was Conquistadors of the useless (Gollancz, London 1963) and this was republished (with a postscript) in 1965. The first English language edition was published in the United States in 1964 entitled The borders of the impossible (Doubleday, New York)"--T.p. verso.
Translated from the French.
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| Summary: | "Lionel Terray was the central figure in postwar climbing in France - an early repeater of the alpine north faces, and an innovative expeditioner who played a key role during the first ascents of Annapurna (1950) and Makalu (1955)."
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| Other form: | Online version: Terray, Lionel, 1921- Conquérants de l'Inutile. English. Conquistadors of the useless. [2001 ed.] London : Bâton Wicks ; Seattle, WA : The Mountaineers, c2001
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