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


Format Häftad Omfång 360 sidor Språk Engelska Förlag Hachette Books Utgivningsdatum 2000-09-07 ISBN 9781560252894