Everest: The West Ridge

 

Product Description

Taken From The Back Cover

"If we can pull it off," said Norman Dyhrenfurth, leader of the American Mount Everest Expedition in 1963," it would be the biggest possible thing still to be accomplished in Himilayan mountaineering." He was referring to the expedition's attempt to climb Everest by a new route, via the West Ridge, in addition to putting the first Americans on the summit via the South Col Route. With no mossible way of retracing their steps once committed to the West Ridge, Tom Hornbein and Willi Unsoeld pushed on to gain the summit, then were forced to bivouac at 28,000 ft. with no food, shelter or oxygen.

This is a story of two men who went the the struggle of surviving and climbing themselves into a trap. This has become one of the classics of mountaineering literature.

Details

Paperback: 181 pages
Publisher: Mountaineers Books; Reprint edition (July 1998)
Author: Thomas F. Hornbein
ISBN-10: 0898866162
ISBN-13: 978-0898866162
Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.6 inches