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Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c1976
Physical Desc
xiv, 303 p., [32] leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Chris Bonington and his team set out in August 1975 to climb the South West face of Everest they were attempting the ultimate challenge of mountaineering -- to conquer the steepest and highest face in the world. Two months later, overcoming daunting physical conditions and massive psychological pressures, the lead climbers scaled 1000 sheer feet of the previously unconquered Rock Band to reach the summit -- the hard way. Drawing on first-hand...
Author
Publisher
Stein and Day
Pub. Date
[1973]
Physical Desc
352 p. illus. 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
In the autumn of 1972 a group of expert mountain climbers under the leadership of England's fabulous Christian Bonington attempted to scale the most difficult and as yet unclimbed south west face of Mount Everest. The group had two aims: first, to challenge the highest mountain in the world via the hardest route; second, to do so not by a vast expedition with hundreds of Sherpas but with the smallest team possible. The whole world followed the moment-by-moment...
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