Wade Davis On Everest Expeditions In 1920s
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English - August 18, 2012 20:28 - 52.7 MB Video - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingSociety & Culture Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Wade Davis is the author of "Into The Silence", which tells the story of three expeditions to conquer Everest in the early 1920s. It also provides a social history of the time and attributes the characters of the explorers as having been forged by their experiences of World War I.