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The White Ladder: Triumph and Tragedy at the Dawn of Mountaineering

By Daniel Light
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By Daniel Light
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Winner of the 2025 National Outdoor Book Award (History/Biography)


"Hugely entertaining.…[A]nyone who loves mountains will enjoy this book." —Sarah Wheeler, Spectator


A sweeping history of mountaineering before Everest, and the epic human quest to reach the highest places on Earth.

Whether in the name of conquest, science, or the divine, humans across the centuries have had myriad reasons to climb mountains. From the smoking volcanoes of South America to the great snowy ranges of the Himalay...

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