The Mammoth Book Of Everest: From the first attempts to today, 40 first-hand accounts (Mammoth Books) - Softcover

Lewis, Jon E.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1472120183 ISBN 13: 9781472120182

Verlag: Robinson, 2015

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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 triumph of humankind's striving for the top of the world, by those who know the 'Death Zone' best - the climbers themselves.
But this is much more than just the best of exhilarating first-hand accounts of climbing on Everest. It includes the full history of the conquest of Everest, and provides an evocative portrait of the cruel, natural beauty of Chomolungma, 'The Mother Goddess of the World'.

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40 eyewitness accounts from the first attempts on the summit in the 1920s to the disasters of 2014

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 triumph of humankind's striving for the top of the world, by those who know the 'Death Zone' best - the climbers themselves.

But this is much more than just the best of exhilarating first-hand accounts of climbing on Everest. It includes the full history of the conquest of Everest, and provides an evocative portrait of the cruel, natural beauty of Chomolungma, 'The Mother Goddess of the World'.

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• Verlag: Robinson
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1472120183
• ISBN 13: 9781472120182
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 512