From the first attempts to today, 40 first-hand accounts
by
Jon E. Lewis
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2015
This selection of the very best writing on Everest begins with the first attempts and continues, via Mallory's failed bid and Hillary and Tenzing's triumph, to the disasters of recent years. It features 35 white-knuckle accounts of climbing on the world's highest mountain, with all the tragedy and...