Mountain My Time on Everest

Name: Mountain My Time on Everest
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ISBN: 9781451694734

ISBN-10: 1451694733

ISBN-13: 9781451694734

Edition: 2013

Authors: Ed Viesturs, David Roberts

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Veteran world-class climber and bestselling author Ed Viesturs—the only American to have climbed all fourteen of the world’s 8,000-meter peaks, and only the sixth man to do so without supplemental oxygen—trains his sights on Mount Everest, the highest peak on earth, in richly detailed accounts of expeditions that are by turns personal, harrowing, deadly, and inspiring.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…

Book details

List price: $29.99
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Touchstone
Publication date: 10/8/2013
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 352
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.20" tall
Weight: 1.188

Ed Viesturs is widely regarded as America's foremost high-altitude mountaineer. In 1992 he was awarded the American Alpine Club's David A. Sowles Award for his participation in two rescues on K2. He is also the recipient of the Explorers Club's Lowell Thomas Award for outstanding achievement in the field of mountaineering. He lives on Bainbridge Island, Washington, with his wife and their children.



Introduction




So Close, and Yet…



Because It Was There



My Way



Fast and Light?



Something About That Mountain



The West Ridge



Death and Survival



The Hard Way



A Little Bit of Will


Epilogue: The Future of Everest… and a Fond Farewell


Acknowledgments


Bibliography


Index