Good Size: 6x0x9; Gift inscription by previous owner. 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.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket First Published Stated. Full number line. Book and jacket solid VG condition except for non-author gift inscription on flyleaf. Large book. Many photos. 254 pages.
Good Ships same day or next. The cover has one or two imperfect corners. Unread Copy. Text is like-new. Expedited shipping available at checkout for domestic orders.
