Ed Viesturs The Mountain (Paperback)

Description: Further DetailsTitle: The MountainCondition: NewSubtitle: My Time on EverestISBN-10: 1451694741EAN: 9781451694741ISBN: 9781451694741Publisher: TouchstoneFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 06/19/2014Description: The world's most famous mountain, Everest remains for serious high-altitude climbers an ultimate goal. Ed Viesturs has gone on eleven 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. In addition to his own experiences, Viesturs sheds light on the fate of Mallory and Irvine, whose 1924 disappearance just 800 feet from the top remains one of mountaineering's greatest mysteries, and on the multiply tragic last days of Rob Hall and Scott Fischer in 1996, the stuff of which Into Thin Air was made. Informed by the experience of one who has truly been there, The Mountainaffords a rare glimpse into that place on earth where Heraclitus's maxim-character is destiny-is proved time and again. Complete with gorgeous photos of Everest, many of which were taken by Viesturs himself, and shots taken on some of the legendary historic climbs, The Mountainis an immensely appealing book for active and armchair climber alike.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 229mmItem Length: 152mmItem Width: 28mmItem Weight: 386gAuthor: Ed ViestursContributor: David Roberts (With)Genre: Sports & HobbiesTopic: BiographyRelease Year: 2014 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.

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Publication Name: The Mountain

Title: The Mountain

Subtitle: My Time on Everest

ISBN-10: 1451694741

EAN: 9781451694741

ISBN: 9781451694741

Release Date: 06/19/2014

Release Year: 2014

Country/Region of Manufacture: US

Contributor: David Roberts (With)

Book Title: Mountain : My Time on Everest

Number of Pages: 352 Pages

Language: English

Publisher: Touchstone

Publication Year: 2014

Topic: Adventurers & Explorers, Special Interest / Sports, Mountaineering, Asia / India & South Asia, Asia / China, Ecosystems & Habitats / Mountains

Item Height: 1.1 in

Illustrator: Yes

Genre: Nature, Travel, Sports & Recreation, Biography & Autobiography

Item Weight: 15.7 Oz

Item Length: 9 in

Author: Ed Viesturs

Item Width: 6 in

Format: Trade Paperback