Within Reach My Everest Story

Name: Within Reach My Everest Story
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ISBN: 9780141304977

ISBN-10: 0141304979

ISBN-13: 9780141304977

Edition: N/A

Authors: Mark Pfetzer, Jack Galvin

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May 10, 1996. Sixteen-year-old Mark Pfetzer huddles in his tent at 26, 000 feet, waiting for his turn to attempt Everest's summit. As a fierce storm descends on the camp, a frightening realisation dawns on Mark and his colleagues: many of the climbers who summitted that afternoon have not yet returned. By morning, the storm has claimed eight lives - and Mark's long-dreamed-of summit day has become one of the bleakest days in mountaineering history. This is Mark's fascinating first-person account of his Everest experience, in which he takes us past the ever-shifting Khumbu Icefall, over three-hundred-foot crevasses, and up to the high-altitude "Death Zone."His story is a dazzling saga of…

Book details

List price: $8.99
Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group
Publication date: 1/1/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 5.28" wide x 7.76" long x 0.63" tall
Weight: 0.572
Language: English



Mark's Mountains


Preface


Acknowledgments


Prologue: Within Reach



Getting Started



Finding a Way



To Nepal



Bigger Ideas



High Altitude



Getting Physical



Ecuador: Success and Failure



Argentina



The North Side



Everest '95



My Mother's Necklace



To Base Camp with Cameras



Everest '96



The Storm



The Guide



Cho Oyu



The Decision


Epilogue


Cast of Characters


Glossary