The White Ladder Amanda Svensson 'I humanized myself'

'I humanized myself'

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Scholastic New Zealand Award for Best Children’s Book

The White Ladder Amanda Svensson 'I humanized myself'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 Himalaya, The White Ladder follows a cast of extraordinary charactersconquistadors and captains, scientists and surveyors, alpinists