Mick Conefrey: 6 books

2 giugno 1953: mentre la Gran Bretagna festeggia l’incoronazione di Elisabetta II, i media diffondono le prime notizie su un altro avvenimento epocale: la conquista dell’Everest, la montagna più alta della Terra. Il neozelandese Edmund Hillary e lo Sherpa Tenzing Norgay sono i primi uomini a salire...

• Which explorer found the lost site of Jesus' first miracle? • Who was first to the top of the highest mountain in Peru? • Who was the first Westerner to visit the Ottoman harem in Constantinople? • Who held the world record as the only person to fly from Britain to Australia...

Les coulisses de la victoire sur l’Everest racontées pour la première fois à l’appui d’archives inédites. 29 mai 1953. Edmund Hillary et Tenzing Norgay sont les premiers hommes à fouler le sommet de l’Everest, la plus haute montagne au monde. 60 ans plus tard, voici le premier...

At 28,251 ft, K2 might be almost 800 ft shorter than Everest, but it’s a far harder climb. In this definitive account, Mick Conefrey grippingly describes the early attempts to reach the summit and provides a fascinating exploration of the first ascent’s complex legacy. From the ill-fated efforts...

CLICK HERE to download a sample from Everest 1953In the only book to tell the real story of Everest 1953, Mick Conefrey reveals that what has gone down in history as a supremely well-planned attempt was in fact beset by crises -- both on and off the mountain. To succeed, team leader Colonel...

What makes a good explorer? Adaptability, ambition, stamina, self-confidence, curiosity, optimism, authority—and fund-raising ability. Though few of us will ever have to face a charging elephant, or survive solely on penguin stew, when it comes to project management, crisis aversion, or any number...