Everest: Alone at the Summit, (a Survival Story)

by Venables, Stephen
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ISBN: 9781560252894
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Every day, the path up the South Col route to the summit of Everest becomes a little more worn by the tread of dozens of package-tour climbers, but few dare to try the East, or Kangshung, Face, a sheer, avalanche-swept wall of snow and ice only first conquered in 1983. Five years later, Stephen Venables intensified the challenge by leading three unknown American climbers up the East Face - this time without oxygen. The question to most climbing experts wasn't whether they would summit, but whether they would live. They nearly didn't Everest: Alone at the Summit is Venables' rousing account of one of the greatest feats of twentieth century mountaineering, a triumph over doubt, the elements and the limits of human endurance that has never been repeated. "Climbers or not, all will be interested in this mountaineering thriller of a tiny band pulling off an incredible victory-an account so stirring it will be put down only to obtain a moment's breather." -- American Alpine Journal
  • Format: TradePaperback
  • Author: Venables, Stephen
  • ISBN: 9781560252894
  • Condition: Used
  • Dimensions: 9.00 x 0.73
  • Number Of Pages: 360
  • Publication Year: 2007

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