Kangchenjunga First Ascent Books

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01A The Hard Years book cover - Joe Brown Mustagh Tower by Joe Brown. Published 1967. One of Michael Chessler's Top 100 Mountaineering Books. This is the story of Joe Brown's climbing life, from the time of his early…
01B The Hard Years Joe Brown - Kangchenjunga First Ascent Route A 16-page chapter briefly describes the first ascent of Kangchenjunga on May 25, 1955 by Joe Brown and George Band.
01C The Hard Years Joe Brown - Kangchenjunga First Ascent - George Band Reaching Summit Ridge On May 25, 1955
02A Kangchenjunga The Untrodden Peak book cover - Kangchenjunga First Ascent In 1955 * by Charles Evans. The leader of the British expedition details at length the logistical challenges of the large-scale siege of the first successful climb of…
02B Kangchenjunga The Untrodden Peak - Kangchenjunga First Ascent George Band On May 25 1955 Joe Brown on the last rock-wall on May 25, 1955: ... jam his fists in the cracks at their sides; he pulled up and round the bulge, to the right ... A few…
02C Kangchenjunga The Untrodden Peak - Kangchenjunga First Ascent The Final Crack To The Summit George Band: ”I’m glad we left no footmark on the top.” The next day, Norman Hardie and Tony Streather looked for an alternative to the…