01923cam a2200325 i 4500 1262041943 TxAuBib 190702s2020||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780316434867 0316434868 (OCoLC)18632 TxAuBib rda Ellsworth, Scott, (Historian), author. The world beneath their feet : mountaineering, madness, and the deadly race to summit the Himalayas / Scott Ellsworth. First edition. New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2020. xix, 393 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-379) and index. ""While tension steadily rose between European powers in the 1930s, a different kind of battle was raging across the Himalayas. Contingents from Great Britain, Nazi Germany, and the United States had set up rival camps at the base of the mountains, all hoping to become recognized as the fastest, strongest, and bravest climbers in the world. Carried on across nearly the entire sweep of the Himalayas, this contest involved not only the greatest mountain climbers of the era, but statesmen and millionaires, world-class athletes and bona fide eccentrics.""-- Publisher's description. Mountaineering Himalaya Mountains History. Mountaineering Everest, Mount (China and Nepal) History. Mountaineering Pakistan K2 (Mountain) History. Mountaineers Biography. Himalaya Mountains Description and travel. Everest, Mount (China and Nepal) Description and travel. K2 (Pakistan : Mountain) Description and travel.