The Vast Unknown America’s First Ascent of Everest 1st Edition by Broughton Coburn ISBN 0307887146 9780307887146

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ISBN 10: 0307887146

ISBN 13: 978-0307887146

Author:  Broughton Coburn 

The Vast Unknown: America’s First Ascent of Everest 1st Edition: By the author of the New York Times bestselling Everest: Mountain Without Mercy, this chronicle of the iconic first American expedition to Mt. Everest in May 1963 – published to coincide with the climb’s 50th anniversary­ – combines riveting adventure, a perceptive analysis of its dark and terrifying historical context, and revelations about a secret mission that followed. 
 
In the midst of the Cold War, against the backdrop of the Bay of Pigs fiasco, the space race with the Soviet Union, and the quagmire of the Vietnam War, a band of iconoclastic, independent-minded American mountaineers set off for Mt. Everest, aiming to restore America’s confidence and optimism.  Their objective is to reach the summit while conducting scientific research, but which route will they take?  Might the Chinese, in a public relations coup, have reached the top ahead of them?  And what about another American team, led by the grandson of a President, that nearly bagged the peak in a bootleg attempt a year earlier?
 
The Vast Unknown is, on one level, a harrowing, character-driven account of the climb itself and its legendary team of alternately inspiring, troubled, and tragic climbers who suffered injuries, a near mutiny, and death on the mountain.  It is also an examination of the profound sway the expedition had over the American consciousness and sense of identity during a time when the country was floundering.  And it is an investigation of the expedition’s little-known outcome: the selection of a team to plant a CIA surveillance device on the Himalayan peak of Nanda Devi, to spy into China where Defense Intelligence learned that nuclear missile testing was underway.

 

The Vast Unknown: America’s First Ascent of Everest 1st Edition Table of contents:

• Part I: Dragons at Play

  • Chapter 1: A Vertical Playground
  • Chapter 2: From Dartmouth Dorms to Teton Tents
  • Chapter 3: A Distant Vision
  • Chapter 4: Entering the Arena
  • Chapter 5: Acceptance and Invitations
  • Chapter 6: Beyond the Tetons
  • Chapter 7: Scientists and Shrinks
  • Chapter 8: A Trial Run … or Hike
  • Chapter 9: To the Other Side of the Earth
  • Chapter 10: Convergences and Close Calls
  • Chapter 11: Treading a Path Between India and China
  • Chapter 12: Goals and Roles
  • Chapter 13: Intersecting Worlds
  • Chapter 14: Words from on High

• Part II: The Vast Unknown

  • Chapter 15: Long Live the Crow
  • Chapter 16: Taming the Beast
  • Chapter 17: Uncertainty
  • Chapter 18: Retreat in Victory
  • Chapter 19: Synchronized Climbing
  • Chapter 20: A Wild Idea
  • Chapter 21: A One-Way Round Trip
  • Chapter 22: The Vast Unknown
  • Chapter 23: A Biblical Calm

• Part III: Cherishing Mystery

  • Chapter 24: The Vigorous Life
  • Chapter 25: The Bliss-Giving Goddess
  • Chapter 26: Transitions

 

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