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Fallen Giants: A History of Himalayan Mountaineering from the Age of Empire to the Age of Extremes (1st Edition) by Maurice Isserman, Stewart Angas Weaver, Dee (Ilt) Molenaar Paperback, 592 Pages, Published 2010 ISBN-10: 0-300-16420-3 / 0300164203 ISBN-13: 978-0-300-16420-6 / 9780300164206 The story of the world’s highest peaks and the remarkable people who have sought to climb them The first successful ascent of Mount Everest in 1953 by Sir Edmund Hillary and his Sherpa teammate Tenzing Norgay is a familiar saga, but less well known are the tales of many other adventurers who also ca |