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.
| Author: Clint Willis |
| Publisher: Da Capo |
| Publication Date: Dec 23, 1998 |
| Number of Pages: 360 pages |
| Binding: Paperback or Softback |
| ISBN-10: 1560252006 |
| ISBN-13: 9781560252009 |
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