Climbing High: A Woman's Account of Surviving the - Softcover

Gammelgaard, Lene

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0330392271 ISBN 13: 9780330392273

Publisher: Pan Books, 2000

Synopsis

'The situation right now is seven dead on K2. A big storm hit. My friends - all dead. It makes me realise how frail I relaly am. That we play a deadly game. I don't want to die. I want to live...' At 2.30 pm on 10 May 1996 Lene Gammelgaard become the first Scandinavian woman to scale the summit of Mt Everest. She was part of the Mountain Madness Expedition, which was let by experienced mountaineer and good friend, Scott Fischer. AFter the jubliation of reaching the top, Lene and her team scaled down into the clouds below where unbeknown to them, a storm was brewing. That evening was spent huddling together trying to uphold the team's spirit and keep each other warm in temperatures which can reach 30 degrees below. In the aftermath, 8 people had perished, including Fischer. Climbing High recounts that fateful summit day and examines the triumph and tragedy of modern mountaineering.

About this title

Synopsis:

On May 10, 1996 Lene Gammelgaard became the first Scandanavian woman to scale the summit of Mount Everest. On the descent the team was caught in a sudden storm that left eight dead. Gammelgaard recounts that fateful summit day and examines the triumph and tradgedy of modern mountaineering.

About this edition

• Publisher: Pan Books
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0330392271
• ISBN 13: 9780330392273
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224