Alpinist 34 - Spring 2011

62 Impressions from the Background

Tony Riley

Posted on: April 5, 2011


Tony Riley eulogizes the parts of twentieth-century Karakoram expeditions that got left out of most official accounts: behind the foreground of the first ascents, there was the broader context of the surrounding landscape and the inner effects of accidents and exploration.

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