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The dramatic and inspiring account of the very first attempt to climb Mount Everest, published to coincide with the centenary of the expedition of 1922.The first attempt on Everest in 1922 by George Leigh Mallory and a British team is an extraordinary story full of controversy, drama, and incident, populated by a set of larger-than-life characters straight out of an adventure novel. The expedition ended in tragedy when, on their third bid for ...

The dramatic and compelling account of the first attempt to climb Mount Everest, published to coincide with the centenary of the expedition in 2022.

The Last Great Mountain tells the story of the first ascent of Kangchenjunga the third highest but reputedly the hardest mountain in the world. It was an astonishing achievement for a British team led by Everest veteran Charles Evans. Drawing on interviews, diaries and unpublished accounts, Mick Conefrey begins his story in 1905 with the first, disastrous attempt on the mountain by a team led by Aleister Crowley, explores the three dramatic Ge...

The Last Great Mountain tells the story of the first ascent of Kangchenjunga the third highest but reputedly the hardest mountain in the world. It was an astonishing achievement for a British team led by Everest veteran Charles Evans. Drawing on interviews, diaries and unpublished accounts, Mick Conefrey begins his story in 1905 with the first, disastrous attempt on the mountain by a team led by Aleister Crowley, explores the three dramatic Ge...

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8611 metri d'altezza, questo è il K2. È la seconda montagna più alta della Terra dopo l'Everest, ma arrivare in cima è molto più difficile. In questo libro, Mick Conefrey descrive i primi avvincenti tentativi di scalarne la vetta e ci regala un resoconto della prima, complessa e vittoriosa esplorazione. Dall'occultista Aleister Crowley al nobile italiano Duca degli Abruzzi, da Fritz Wiessner al tormentato Charlie Houston, fino ad Achille Compa...

An account of the early attempts to conquer the mountain, which is 800ft shorter than Everest, but a far harder climb. Uses exclusive interviews with surviving team members and their families, as well as letters and diaries.

Published to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the first Mount Everest ascent, this is both a gripping story of courage and adventure, and a fascinating window into the media contest to cover this seminal event. 'Wonderful... thoroughly researched and compelling' Wade Davis, author of "Into The Silence

From the author of "Everest 1953" is this gripping story of the world's most deadly mountain, focusing on the expeditions of 1939, 1953 and 1954.

2 giugno 1953: mentre la Gran Bretagna festeggia l'incoronazione di Elisabetta II, i media diffondono le prime notizie su un altro avvenimento epocale: la conquista dell'Everest, la montagna più alta della Terra. Il neozelandese Edmund Hillary e lo Sherpa Tenzing Norgay sono i primi uomini a salire sul tetto del mondo, grazie a una spedizione perfettamente riuscita sotto la guida del colonnello John Hunt. A sessant'anni da questa straordinaria...

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What makes a good explorer? Adaptability, ambition, stamina, self-confidence, curiosity, optimism, authority-and fund-raising ability. Though few of us will ever have to face a charging elephant, or survive solely on penguin stew, when it comes to project management, crisis aversion, or any number of everyday problems, there is much we can learn from the larger-than-life tales of the world's most famous adventurers. Here, award-winning documen...

An irresistible account of the pioneers of mountaineering "as colorful and eye-opening as the characters involved." --"Guardian