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1935 book by Richard Lloyd Burdsall and Arthur B. Emmons

Men Against the Clouds:The Conquest of Minya Konka
AuthorRichard Lloyd Burdsall and Arthur B. Emmons
LanguageEnglish
SubjectMountaineering
Genrenon-fiction
Published1935
PublisherThe Bodley Head (1935)
Mountaineers Books (1980)
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePaperback
Pages324
ISBN978-0916890933

Men Against the Clouds:The Conquest of Minya Konka is a non-fiction mountaineering book by Richard Lloyd Burdsall and Arthur B. Emmons.

Overview

This book tells the story of a four-person climbing party that made it to the top of the Minya Konka in 1932. The team consisted of Richard Lloyd Burdsall, Arthur B. Emmons, Terris Moore, and Jack T. Young. (an American of Chinese ancestry). In 1932, when Burdsall, and company climbed Minya Konka, it was the second-highest mountain climbed to date.

1980 saw the release of a revised edition by The Mountaineers (club).

A digital copy of the 1932 edition is available at the Internet Archive.

Reception

Bhupesh Ashar writing for the Himalayan Journal, "A remarkable compilation of their unique expedition that describes their travel through China, their exploration and the climb of Minya Konka at 24,900 ft—the first ascent of the mountain ."

References

  1. "Mount Gongga, Garze, Sichuan China | Monya Konka". www.chinadiscovery.com. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  2. "AAC Publications - 1932. Minya Konka (Gongga Shan)". publications.americanalpineclub.org. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
  3. 2002 American Alpine Journal. The Mountaineers Books. ISBN 978-1-933056-49-4.
  4. Burdsall (1935). Men Against the Clouds--the Conquest of Minya Konka.
  5. "The HJ/37/33 BOOK REVIEWS". The HJ/37/33 BOOK REVIEWS. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
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