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Mountains and Desire: Climbing vs. The End of the World

By Margret Grebowicz
Narrated by: Margret Grebowicz
Unabridged — 2 hours, 48 minutes
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By Margret Grebowicz
Narrated by: Margret Grebowicz
Unabridged — 2 hours, 48 minutes
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On the 100th anniversary of the first attempt to climb Mt Everest, Margret Grebowicz shows how and why climbing and mountaineering are still important today.

In 1923, a reporter asked George Mallory why he wanted to summit Mount Everest. “Because it's there”.

Today the question "why do this?" is included in nearly every mountaineering story or interview. Meanwhile, interest in climbing is steadily on the rise, from commercial mountaineering and climbing walls in university gyms and corporate...