George ingle finch and the mount everest expedition of 1922: breaching the 8000-m barrier

High Altitude Medicine and Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 68-76

  Rodway, George W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

High altitude; History; Mount Everest; Mountaineering; Supplementary oxygen

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; DOCUMENTATION; GEOGRAPHIC ELEVATION; GOAL ATTAINMENT; HISTORY; HUMAN; MOUNTAINEERING; OXYGEN SUPPLY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; TRAVEL;

ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; AUSTRIA; EXPEDITIONS; FAMOUS PERSONS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MALE; MOUNTAINEERING; NEPAL; OXYGEN; PORTRAITS;

EID: 34247147722     PISSN: 15270297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ham.2006.1034     Document Type: Review

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