Mountaineers

Tapping into the same rich vein of bravery, thirst for knowledge, eccentricity, and pursuit of glory as DK's Explorers, Mountaineers tells the stories of the pioneers who first conquered the heights of this planet.

A lavish visual survey of more than eighty of the world's greatest mountaineers - who they were, where they went, and how their expeditions shaped the course of human history - Mountaineers will explore the history of expeditions, from the Alps and other European peaks to Everest ...