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02953nam a2200205Ia 4500 |
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20200324143548.0 |
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180628s9999 xx 000 0 und d |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Original cataloging agency |
Alpine Club Library |
| Transcribing agency |
Alpine Club Library |
| 043 ## - GEOGRAPHIC AREA CODE |
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| Geographic area code |
s-pe |
| 082 0# - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
533 |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
BRITISH WEST FACE OF SALCANTAY EXPEDITION, 1986. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. |
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| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. |
[n.p.] |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. |
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| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. |
The Expedition |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. |
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| Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
1986 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
[54]p., illus., maps. 30cm. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc. |
Salcantay, {when<br/>translated means "Motherof Snow",)<br/>is<br/>a<br/>huge and impressive glacier covered peak<br/>dominating the east<br/>side of the Cordillera Vilcabamba in southern Peru. It is the<br/>highest peak in the<br/>range, composed<br/>largely of granite with<br/>complex snow and ice covered faces and ridges soaring to over<br/>20,000 feet, (6271m).<br/>The whole area is shrouded in mystery<br/>and intrigue with half forgotten<br/>tales of lost cities and<br/>hidden gold.<br/>In fact,<br/>just<br/>20 miles to the north lies the<br/>world<br/>famous Inca templeof Macchu Picchu, first discovered<br/>by Hiram Bingham in 1911. This American archeologist was also<br/>the first person to document the existence of Salcantay.<br/>The first serious attempt made on the mountain was in 1950 by<br/>the<br/>Italian P.Ghiglione when he unsuccessfully attempted the<br/>South face and East Ridge. In 1952, several expeditions<br/>made<br/>attempts on the peak,<br/>a<br/>Swiss team failing just 300<br/>metres<br/>from the top after<br/>taking the East<br/>ridge. It was left toa<br/>American-French<br/>Expedition to finally reach the<br/>summit via<br/>the North-East face on 5th August 1952.<br/>Sincethen, Salcantay<br/>has been climbed a number of times on<br/>its North,<br/>East and South sides. Sane of the<br/>routes<br/>taken,<br/>especially the South ridge, have proved extremely difficult.<br/>However, the impressive West face has rarely been touched and<br/>despite a recent attempt<br/>by<br/>a<br/>Yugoslav team, still remains<br/>unclimbed.<br/>The whole region to the west ofSalcantay is an area<br/>rarely<br/>visitedand<br/>poorlymapped.<br/>In<br/>factthere are<br/>very<br/>few<br/>photographs<br/>available of this side of themountain and what<br/>they show is a huge and complex ice covered face. Despite its<br/>awesome<br/>appearance,there<br/>appear to<br/>be<br/>several<br/>distinct<br/>possibilities that<br/>indicate<br/>that<br/>our<br/>objective is not<br/>unrealistic.<br/>If successful, this would not only be an ascent<br/>of one of<br/>the major unclimbed Andean faces, but also a first<br/>British ascent of Salcantay.<br/>Whilein the<br/>region,<br/>we<br/>plan to take photographs and make<br/>some sketch maps of the area to add to the sparse topographic<br/>details presently available. If time allows,<br/>we will also<br/>make anattempt on nearby Humantay (5780m).<br/>This difficult<br/>peak has received little attention and<br/>many new and exciting<br/>lines await ascents. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Cordillera Vilcabamba |
| 856 ## - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS |
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| Uniform Resource Identifier |
https://aclrepository.awsapps.com/workdocs/index.html#/share/document/b7a70ed696a502f15038b5c8535046ca39663c48c103ef0ec19f4de21ec0c1ee |
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Full text available here |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Source of classification or shelving scheme |
Dewey Decimal Classification |
| Koha item type |
Mount Everest Foundation Report |
| Call number prefix |
MEF |
| Call number suffix |
86-30 |
