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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