NO PLACE FOR MEN

Peter Mulgrew

Published by A.H. & A.W.Reed, New Zealand, 1964

About this Item

Navy blue covers with gold titles to spine.Covers are clean and bright with no marks or wear.Book is clean and tight;appears as unread,no names or stamps.Dust wrapper is bright and clean,very light edge wear.Lovely copy all round in 1st.ed.To climb 27,790-foot Makalu without oxygen, to carry out high altitude physiological research and to capture the Abdominable Snowman: such were the aims of the Himilayan Scientific and mountaineering Expedition, led by Sir Edmund Hillary, which set off in 1960. With them went Peter Mulgrew, of the Royal New Zealand Navy, an experienced mountaineer who had accompanied Hillary to the South Pole in 1957. Mulgrew collapsed when nearly at the summit of Makalu, and was brought back down to base, severely frostbitten and literally more dead than alive, by his comrades, who braved appalling dangers in the race to save his life. At the little hospital at Kathmandu, a drug given to alleviate his pain set up an addiction. On return to Auckland, both feet and several fingers had to be amputated. 52 actual photographic plates,2 diagrams. Seller Inventory # 001332

Bibliographic Details

Title: NO PLACE FOR MEN

Publisher: A.H. & A.W.Reed, New Zealand

Publication Date: 1964

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

Edition: 1st Edition