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High: Stories of Survival from Everest and K2

3.6/5 ( ratings)

In this pioneering anthology, Clint Willis presents 75 years of great writing -- from Neil O'Dell to Jon Krakauer -- on the fabled peaks. Here are stories of two British expeditions to Everest in the 1920s; a piece on the 1939 K2 attempt that claimed four climbers' lives; a firsthand account by the Sherpa who reached the summit of Everest in 1953 with Edmund Hillary; the story of the first successful American assault on K2 in 1978; a British photographer's view of the calamitous 1996 storm on Everest; and many more -- a cornucopia of mountaineering thrills for adventurous readers.

Language: English

Pages: 360

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Da Capo Press

Release: December 23, 1998

ISBN: 1560252006

ISBN 13: 9781560252009

High: Stories of Survival from Everest and K2

3.6/5 ( ratings)

In this pioneering anthology, Clint Willis presents 75 years of great writing -- from Neil O'Dell to Jon Krakauer -- on the fabled peaks. Here are stories of two British expeditions to Everest in the 1920s; a piece on the 1939 K2 attempt that claimed four climbers' lives; a firsthand account by the Sherpa who reached the summit of Everest in 1953 with Edmund Hillary; the story of the first successful American assault on K2 in 1978; a British photographer's view of the calamitous 1996 storm on Everest; and many more -- a cornucopia of mountaineering thrills for adventurous readers.

Language: English

Pages: 360

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Da Capo Press

Release: December 23, 1998

ISBN: 1560252006

ISBN 13: 9781560252009

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