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Language: en
Pages: 340
Pages: 340
Type: BOOK - Published: 2000-05-17 - Publisher: Simon and Schuster
The author, a noted mountaineer and cinematographer, describes a lifetime of conquering the world's mountain peaks and discusses his 1996 expedition to Mount Ev
Language: en
Pages: 337
Pages: 337
Type: BOOK - Published: 2003 - Publisher: Canongate Books
For generations of adventurers, Mount Everest and the world's greatest peaks have provided the ultimate testing ground for resolute men and women. So why climb?
Language: en
Pages: 240
Pages: 240
Type: BOOK - Published: 1999-09-30 - Publisher:
An account of the doomed attempt by Mallory and Irvine to be the first to reach the summit of Mount Everest in 1924. The remains of Mallory were found in May 19
Language: en
Pages: 242
Pages: 242
Type: BOOK - Published: 2000-06-20 - Publisher: Harper Collins
On May 10, 1996, Lene Gammelgaard became the first Scandinavian woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest. But a raging storm and human error conspired to turn
Language: en
Pages: 318
Pages: 318
Type: BOOK - Published: 1998-11-12 - Publisher: Anchor
#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The epic account of the storm on the summit of Mt. Everest that claimed five lives and left countless more—including Krakauer's—i