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Glorious Failures: The Mountaineers Anthology Series Vol 1
Peter Potterfield
Peter Potterfield's collection of mountaineering writing about expeditions that didn't reach the summit. The failures are often more revealing than the successes — what happens when the mountain says no.
Mountains & Climbing
Anthology
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Publisher
Mountaineer Books
Published
2001
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