TO THE TOP by Stephen Venables ( 9780744586626 ) - Books & Audio Books at Pickabook.co.uk

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Title:

TO THE TOP

By:

Stephen Venables

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Hardback

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ISBN 10:

0744586623

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9780744586626

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WALKER BOOKS LTD

Pub. date:

1 May, 2003

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The history of climbing Everest is a chronicle of tragic failures and triumphant achievements, featuring some of the world's most celebrated climbers. "To the Top" tells their stories and creates a picture of what drives people to brave the dangers of Everest.

Synopsis:

Rising to 8848 metres above sea-level, Mount Everest is the highest mountain on earth. It is considered a holy place by some - it also presents one of mountaineering's greatest and most enduring challenges. The history of climbing Everest, from the earliest expeditions in the 1920s to the daring feats of today, is a chronicle of tragic failures and triumphant achievements, featuring some of the world's most celebrated climbers - George Mallory, Tenzing Norgay, Sir Edmund Hillary. "To the Top" tells their stories and creates a picture of what drives people to brave the dangers of Everest - and what it feels like to stand on top of the world.

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Walker Books Ltd

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