The mountain my time on Everest
"The world's most famous mountain, Everest remains for serious high-altitude climbers the ultimate goal. Viesturs has gone on eleven expeditions to Everest, reaching the summit seven times. He's spent more than two years of his life on the mountain. No climber today is better poised t...
| Main Author: | Viesturs, Ed. |
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| Other Authors: | Roberts, David, 1943- |
| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
Simon & Schuster,
2013.
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| Edition: | First Touchstone hardcover edition. |
| Subjects: |
| Summary: |
"The world's most famous mountain, Everest remains for serious high-altitude climbers the ultimate goal. Viesturs has gone on eleven expeditions to Everest, reaching the summit seven times. He's spent more than two years of his life on the mountain. No climber today is better poised to survey Everest's various ascents -- both personal and historic. In The Mountain, Viesturs delivers just that: riveting you-are-there accounts of his own climbs as well as vivid narratives of some of the more famous and infamous climbs throughout the last century, when the honor of nations often hung in the balance, depending on which climbers summited first. In addition to his own experiences, Viesturs sheds light on the fate of Mallory and Irvine, whose 1924 disappearance just 800 feet from the top remains one of mountaineering's greatest mysteries, and on the multiply tragic last days of Rob Hall and Scott Fischer in 1996, the stuff of which Into Thin Air was made."--Amazon.com |
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| Item Description: |
"A Touchstone book." "The irresistible lure of the world's highest peak"--Jacket. |
| Physical Description: |
xvi, 330 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-318) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781451694734 (hbk.) 1451694733 (hbk.) |