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.

[3] 1980 saw the release of a revised edition by The Mountaineers (club).

[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].