Tap dancing on Everest : a memoir

Zieman, Mimi, 1962- author.

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"A memoir of Mimi Zieman's unlikely journey from an upbringing in an Orthodox Jewish community in 1970s New York City as the daughter of immigrants to an audacious and historic Everest expedition in 1988"-- Provided by publisher.

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Everest, Mount (China and Nepal) Description and travel

Jewish women United States Biography

Women mountaineers United States Biography

Zieman, Mimi, 1962-

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ISBN:

9781493078431

Description:

ix, 233 pages ; 23 cm

Contents:

Part I: The Versailles
Feet first
Immersion
Freedom tinged with terror
Tibet calls
Part II: Vastness
The land of truth
Dreaming under the plume
A Himalayan rave
Part III: Returning
Breathe in slowly: one, two, three, four
Climb high, sleep low
Labor and delivery
Part IV: To surrender
Team members of the Everest '88 Kangshung face expedition
The launch
The yaks are right behind you
How to ride an avalanche
Kangshung life
Nothing out of the ordinary
Lost in the sky
Mind over mountain

LCCN:

2023042719

Control Number:

3319672

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