1973 first edition large format hardcover with dust jacket and 304 pages in good secondhand condition. The corner of every page show a residue of earlier damp, see picture included.

R.O. Pearse covers in this book, for the first time, the full story of this timeless mountain world, and of the men who climb its high peaks. It is a story of high adventure and mystery, of tragedy and stark drama, and of man's unconquerable determination in the face of tremendous odds.