Lada Bakal, Tatyana Ukleyko. Mountains of the World. History of Ascents and Discoveries

Luckily for fidgets, adventurers and travellers, there are mountains on Earth – from very low to incomprehensibly huge. For a while, people avoided them, but then decided to climb them and see what was up there. This is how the love affair between man and the mountains began and continues to this day. Before you is a book about how people first climbed the Alps, the Caucasus and the Himalayas, about conquering Everest and all the eight-thousanders, about dangers, courage and adventures. And of course, about love for the mountains, beauty and the meaning of life. How are mountains arranged? What flags did the pioneers plant on the peaks? When did women first go to the mountains? Why do climbers need crampons, ice axes and oxygen tanks? Who and why is called “the Great”? You will find the answers to these and many other questions on the pages of this amazing book.