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An original and exciting new guide to the enthralling challenges of life and death on the world’s greatest mountain ranges. See homes among the clouds, cable cars and mountain railways, lost ruins of fabled Inca civilization, waterfalls and rock formations. Learn how mountains are creates, how to swim through an avalanche, about Alpine pastures and Otzi the Ice Man. Discover the truth behind yetis and other mountain myths, what really happened on Mallory and Irvine’s fatal expedition, the tale of the elephants that crossed the alps, and how climbers tackle a sheer rock face. Also chapters on Hillary and Tenzing, Mountain rescue, climbing techniques, mountain sports, Winter Olympics etc.