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The Mountain - My Time on Everest (Paperback) Loot Price: R436
Discovery Miles 4 360
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The Mountain - My Time on Everest (Paperback): Ed Viesturs

The Mountain - My Time on Everest (Paperback)

Ed Viesturs; As told to David Roberts

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The world's most famous mountain, Everest remains for serious high-altitude climbers an ultimate goal. Ed 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 honour 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. Informed by the experience of one who has truly been there, The Mountainaffords a rare glimpse into that place on earth where Heraclitus's maxim-character is destiny-is proved time and again. Complete with gorgeous photos of Everest, many of which were taken by Viesturs himself, and shots taken on some of the legendary historic climbs, The Mountainis an immensely appealing book for active and armchair climber alike.

General

Imprint: Touchstone
Country of origin: United States
Release date: April 2014
First published: April 2014
Authors: Ed Viesturs
As told to: David Roberts
Dimensions: 229 x 153 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 330
ISBN-13: 978-1-4516-9474-1
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > General
Books > Sport & Leisure > Sports & outdoor recreation > Active outdoor pursuits > Climbing & mountaineering
Books > Biography > General
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LSN: 1-4516-9474-1
Barcode: 9781451694741

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