Битва за Гималаи. Безумная гонка империй за крышу мира

Na fone narastai͡ushchego napri͡azhenii͡a v Evrope 1930-kh godov, kogda mir stremitelʹno katilsi͡a k novoĭ voĭne, u alʹpinistov razgoralasʹ svoi͡a, ne menee dramatichnai͡a bitva - za pokorenie Gimalaev. Desi͡atʹ stran. Mnozhestvo ėkspedit͡siĭ. I odna t͡selʹ - pervymi vzoĭti na Ėverest, K2 i drugie nedosi͡agaemye vershiny. Na moment nachala gonki ni odin iz 14 pikov vyshe 8 000 metrov ne byl pokoren chelovekom. Britant͡sy, nemt͡sy i amerikant͡sy shli bez kart, kislorodnykh ballonov i sovremennogo oborudovanii͡a v ledi͡anoe bezmolvie, k granit͡se mezhdu zhiznʹi͡u i smertʹi͡u. Skott Ėllsvort, "istorik s dushoĭ poėta" i avtor pi͡ati bestsellerov po versii New York Times, masterski perepletaet prikli͡uchencheskui͡u ėpopei͡u, istorii͡u nauki i chelovecheskoĭ otvagi v edinoe povestvovanie. "Bitva za Gimalai. Bezumnai͡a gonka imperiĭ za kryshu mira" - ėto bolʹshe chem khronika pokorenii͡a Gimalaev. Ėto istorii͡a o li͡udi͡akh, chʹi kharaktery zakali͡alisʹ v gorakh. Im khotelosʹ doĭti do tochki, gde zemli͡a ischezaet pod oblakami, i vesʹ mir okazyvaetsi͡a pod nogami. Ėto kniga o mechtakh i ambit͡sii͡akh, o fanatizme i doblesti - o tom, kak daleko mozhet zaĭti chelovek, kogda khochet kosnutʹsi͡a neba. "Avtor tochno peredaet atmosferu vremeni, nat͡sionalʹnyĭ kolorit ėkspedit͡siĭ i ikh napri͡azhennui͡u dinamiku". - The Sunday Times"Zakhvatyvai͡ushchai͡a, volnui͡ushchai͡a istorii͡a". - Kirkus Reviews.

Against the backdrop of increasing tension in Europe in the 1930s, when the world was rapidly heading for a new war, the climbers had their own, no less dramatic battle - for the conquest of the Himalayas. Ten countries. Lots of expeditions. And one goal is to be the first to climb Mount Everest, K2 and other inaccessible peaks. At the start of the race, none of the 14 peaks above 8,000 meters had been conquered by humans. The British, Germans and Americans walked without maps, oxygen tanks and modern equipment into the icy silence, to the border between life and death. Scott Ellsworth, "a historian with the soul of a poet" and the author of five New York Times bestsellers, masterfully weaves the adventure epic, the story of science and human courage into a single narrative. "The Battle for the Himalayas. The mad race of Empires for the roof of the World" is more than a chronicle of the conquest of the Himalayas. This is a story about people whose characters were tempered in the mountains. They wanted to get to the point where the earth disappears under the clouds and the whole world is under their feet. This is a book about dreams and ambitions, about fanaticism and valor — about how far a person can go when he wants to touch the sky. "The author accurately conveys the atmosphere of the time, the national flavor of the expeditions and their intense dynamics." — The Sunday Times "A fascinating, moving story." — Kirkus Reviews.