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The Battle of the Himalayas. On the brink of World War II. A mad race of empires for the roof of the world. Who will be first?

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The Battle of the Himalayas. On the brink of World War II. A mad race of empires for the roof of the world. Who will be first?
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Against the backdrop of mounting tensions in Europe in the 1930s, as the world was rapidly spiraling toward a new war, mountaineers were engaged in their own, no less dramatic, battle—to conquer the Himalayas.

Ten countries. Numerous expeditions. And one goal—to be the first to ascend Everest, K2, and other inaccessible peaks.

At the start of the race, not a single one of the 14 peaks above 8,000 meters had been conquered.

The British, Germans, and Americans trekked without maps, oxygen tanks, or modern equipment into the icy silence, to the border between life and death.

Scott Ellsworth, "a historian with a poet's soul" and the author of five New York Times bestsellers, masterfully weaves together epic adventure, the story of science, and human courage.
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