Dr. Peter Hansen is a professor of history at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester, Massachusetts, and author of the book The Summits of Modern Man: Mountaineering after the Enlightenment.
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Olympic Ski Mountaineering, And Mountain Goat Climbing Feats
The mountaineering history behind “skimo,” a new Winter Olympic event. Plus, research into a true alpine champion, the mountain goat.