| Men Against the Clouds:The Conquest of Minya Konka | |
| Author: | Richard Lloyd Burdsall and Arthur B. Emmons |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Subject: | Mountaineering |
| Genre: | non-fiction |
| Publisher: | The Bodley Head (1935) Mountaineers Books (1980) |
| Published: | 1935 |
| Media Type: | Paperback |
| Pages: | 324 |
| Isbn: | 978-0916890933 |
Men Against the Clouds:The Conquest of Minya Konka is a non-fiction mountaineering book by Richard Lloyd Burdsall and Arthur B. Emmons.
This book tells the story of a four-person climbing party that made it to the top of the Minya Konka in 1932.[1] The team consisted of Richard Lloyd Burdsall, Arthur B. Emmons, Terris Moore, and Jack T. Young. (an American of Chinese ancestry).[2] In 1932, when Burdsall, and company climbed Minya Konka, it was the second-highest mountain climbed to date.[3]
1980 saw the release of a revised edition by The Mountaineers (club).
A digital copy of the 1932 edition is available at the Internet Archive.[4]
Bhupesh Ashar writing for the Himalayan Journal, "A remarkable compilation of their unique expedition that describes their [four-person] travel through China, their exploration and the climb of Minya Konka at 24,900 ft—the first ascent of the mountain [Minya Konka]."[5]