The Boardman Tasker Omnibus
- ISBN-10
- 0898864364
- ISBN-13
- 9780898864366
- Category
- Mountaineering
- Pages
- 918
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1995
- Publisher
- The Mountaineers Books
- Authors
- Joe Tasker, Peter Boardman
Description
Collects four out-of-print classic climbing books: Tasker's Savage Arena and Everest the Cruel Way, and Boardman's The Shining Mountain and Sacred Summits.
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