Death Zone - Softcover

Dickinson, Matt

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0099255723 ISBN 13: 9780099255727

Publisher: Arrow, 1998

Synopsis

It seemed like any other season on Mount Everest. Ten expeditions from around the world were preparing for their summit push, gathered together to try for mountaineering's ultimate prize. Twenty-four hours later, eight of those climbers were dead, victims of the most devastating storm ever to hit Everest. On the North face of the mountain, a British expedition found itself in the thick of the drama. Against all odds, film-maker Matt Dickinson and professional climber Alan Hinkes managed to battle through hurricane-force winds to reach the summit. In Death Zone, Matt Dickinson describes the extraordinary event that put the disaster on the front cover of Time and Newsweek. The desperate attempts of teams on the southern side of the mountain, fatal errors that led to the deaths of three Indian climbers on the North Ridge and the moving story of Rob Hall, the New Zealand guide who stayed with his stricken client, and paid with his life. Based on interviews with the surviving climbers and the first-hand experience of having lived through the killer storm, this gripping non-fiction book tackles issues at the very heart of mountaineering. Death Zone is an extraordinary story of human triumph, folly and disaster.

About this title

Review:

"Dickinson's book reads like a thriller, pacy and exciting, [...] a real page turner" (The Guardian)

"A gripping account of filming - and surviving - in the death zone" (Mail on Sunday)

"Takes off like an F-16...After the first chapter I was starving for more and had trouble putting the book down" (Wanderlust)

Book Description:

A gripping and terryfying account of the fatal mission to climb Everest in 1996. Perfect for fans of extreme sports books and mountaineering adventures, including the prize-winning book documentary, Touching the Void.

About this edition

• Publisher: Arrow
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0099255723
• ISBN 13: 9780099255727
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 224