HSTR 467 – History of Mountaineering Dr. Maggie Greene May 5, 2016 Final Essay Bryant Lymburn Beyond Climbing For much of past human history there was a great mystery and fear that surrounded the mountains. The mystery of these mountainous places was due to the unpredictability and danger that occurred when one enters their realm.…
Book Review
No Way Down – Book Review
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Book Review of “No Way Down” Bryant Lymburn Historically climbing has segregated certain peaks towards certain countries who possessed the drive and means to climb them. Mount Everest was segregated to British control, Annapurna to the French, Masherbrum to the Germans, and K2 to the Italians and Americans. Each of these 8000 meter peaks possess…
Film Review
The Wildest Dream – Film Review
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Film Review of “The Wildest Dream” Bryant Lymburn For the film review I wanted to explore Mount Everest a explore further into the lives, equipment, and struggles that these early mountaineers faced battling against this great monolith. In doing so I came across the National Geographic film / documentary called “The Wildest Dream.” In this…
Reading Response, Uncategorized
Orient and Postcolonialism – Week 14
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Reading Response for week 14 Bryant Lymburn This weeks reading focused upon the chapter provided on orientalism and an article discussing the postcolonialism in the climbing culture. Both ideas provide issues and points of interest based on the context in which they are both used. In the first article on orientalism there is very overly…
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True Summit – week 13
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Reading Response week 13 – True Summit Bryant Lymburn In the work by David Roberts, True Summit, he recounts the expedition and ultimate successful tragedy of the French’s attempt on Annapurna. Roberts analyzes the expedition and each member in the climbing party. He documents each individuals accomplishments and there attitude to the expedition though their…
Reading Response
Life and Death on Mount Everest – Week 12
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Readign Response Week 12 – The Everest Life Bryant Lymburn In this weeks reading of Sherry Ortner’s work, Life and Death of Mount Everest, she approaches the context of mountaineering from a very different angle compared to many texts written by people more directly involved in the climbing community. This is for one due to her…
Reading Response
Into Thin Air – Week 11
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Reading Response – Week 11 Bryant Lymburn For this week’s reading the assignment of Into Thin Air is a text that follows Jon Krakauer’s account of his expedition to climb Mount Everest and the events that occurred during that season. Jon Krakauer is a renowned climber in the United States and has summitted many technical…
Final Papers
Final Paper Topic – Bryant Lymburn
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For my final paper I was thinking that I could explore the quest of people who are conducting or have done ski mountaineering on peaks greater than 8000 meters. I may need to lower this elevation to account for more skiers conducting these items. Sources: The Man who skied down Eversest – movie Skiing everest (2009)…
Reading Response, Week 9
K2 The Savage Mountain: Week 9
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Reading Response Week 9 Bryant Lymburn This weeks reading was the story of the American expedition of 1953 and their attempt to summit K2, the worlds second highest peak, and most notorious. After World War II had finished the resurgence in exploring and climbing these great unconquered peaks began to rise once again. With new…
Reading Response, Week 8
Seven Years in Tibet: Week 8
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Strangers in Hiding Bryant Lymburn Seven Years in Tibet is a book that accounts the difficulties, hardships, and ultimate joys of Heinrich Harrer’s travels through Tibet in order to escape the POW camps set up by Britain in India during World War 2. Harrer and his companions were in between expeditions to climb peaks in…