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This is the record of a mountain expedition to Machapuchare (Nepali for “the Fish’s Tail”). The mountain is so astonishing in its splendor and beauty that tha author could not resist the temptation of describing it and the result is this book – written in a lucid and fascinating style. The author’s insatiable passion for the mountains and his extraordinary sensitivity to their grandeur expresses itself in all the chapters and a small poem in which he says; Let me go climb those virgin snows, Leave the dark stain of man behind.This is a book that no climber or mountain lover can put down.