The mountain

The mountain

by Viesturs, Ed

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The world's most famous mountain, Everest remains for serious high-altitude climbers an ultimate goal. Ed Viesturs has gone on 11 expeditions to Everest, reaching the summit seven times. He's spent more than two years of his life on the mountain. No climber today is better poised to survey Everest's various ascents - both personal and historic. In 'The Mountain', Viesturs delivers just that: riveting you-are-there accounts of his own climbs as well as vivid narratives of some of the more famous…

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Title Statements

  • Full title :The mountain / by Ed Viesturs with David Roberts.

Summary

The world's most famous mountain, Everest remains for serious high-altitude climbers an ultimate goal. Ed Viesturs has gone on 11 expeditions to Everest, reaching the summit seven times. He's spent more than two years of his life on the mountain. No climber today is better poised to survey Everest's various ascents - both personal and historic. In 'The Mountain', Viesturs delivers just that: riveting you-are-there accounts of his own climbs as well as vivid narratives of some of the more famous and infamous climbs throughout the last century, when the honour of nations often hung in the balance, depending on which climbers summited first.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2013.

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Simon & Schuster
  • Place of Publication:London
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:2013.

The Physical Object

  • Description:352 pages ; : 22 cm

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9781451694734, 1451694733, 9781451694758, 145169475X
  • oclc:ocn855536353
  • LC Classification:GV199.44
  • Dewey Decimal:796.522095496

Subjects

Anecdotes Asia -- Mount Everest History Mountaineering Mountaineering -- Anecdotes. -- Everest… Mountaineering -- History. -- Everest, … Sport

Writers

Viesturs, Ed Roberts, David

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