Anyhow, a few comments: why do Americans think that the rest of the world understands feet and pounds? We don't, and if you are an author wanting to appeal to readers which are not American please do some research and provide the equivalents in metric. If this was the case now I would have spent my life being mad at all the men. It was interesting to see the level of sexism in the 70’s and I am so glad I was little at the time and didn't experience it. And Annapurna: A Woman's Place has become an acknowledged classic in the annals of women's achievements - a story of challenge and commitment told with passion, humor, and unflinching honesty. By proving that women had the skill, strength, and courage necessary to make this difficult and dangerous climb, the 1978 Women's Himalayan Expedition's accomplishment had a positive impact around the world, changing perceptions about women's abilities in sports and other arenas. Never before has such an account of mountaineering triumph and tragedy been told from a woman's point of view. On October 15, two women and two Sherpas at last stood on the summit - but the celebration was cut short, for two days later, the two women of the second summit team fell to their deaths. Expedition leader Arlene Blum here tells their dramatic story: the logistical problems, storms, and hazardous ice climbing the conflicts and reconciliations within the team the terror of avalanches that threatened to sweep away camps and climbers. In August 1978, 13 women left San Francisco for the Nepal Himalayas to make history as the first Americans - and the first women - to scale the treacherous slopes of Annapurna I, the world's 10th highest peak.

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