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The Tower: A Chronicle of Climbing and Controversy on Cerro Torre
Kelly Cordes
The complete history of Cerro Torre — the most disputed summit claim in mountaineering. Did Maestri reach the top in 1959? Cordes investigates the evidence, the personalities, and the obsession that has consumed climbers for sixty years.
Mountains & Climbing
History
South America
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Publisher
Patagonia
Published
2014
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