
Everest
Alone at the Summit
Stephen Venables(Author)
Da Capo Press Inc
Published on 7. September 2000
Book
Paperback/Softback
360 pages
978-1-56025-289-4 (ISBN)
Description
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
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Hachette Books
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Illustrations
16 B&W photos
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
478 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-56025-289-4 (9781560252894)
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