Everest the West Ridge: Anniversary Edition - Hardcover

Thomas Hornbein

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1594857075 ISBN 13: 9781594857072

Publisher: Mountaineers Books, 2013

Synopsis

This is the 2013 special anniversary edition to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the first ascent of Mount Everest via the West Ridge which remains the least attempted and most deadly of recognised routes on Everest In 1963, Jim Whittaker became the first American to summit Everest via the South Col route. Roughly two weeks after Whittaker's achievement, Tom Hornbein and Willi Unsoeld, fellow American mountaineers on the same expedition, became the first climbers ever to summit the world's highest peak via the dangerous and forbidding West Ridge a route on which only a handful of climbers have since succeeded. This special 50th anniversary edition reintroduces the adventure in a larger format with full-colour photographs by members of the expedition, including leader Norman G. Dyhrenfurth and team doctor Jim Lester. In addition to a new foreword by Jon Krakauer, this volume also features a new preface by Hornbein along with a series of prefaces he wrote for earlier editions, including the original from 1965, and a map by Dee Molenaar. Updated bios of all the American Mount Everest Expedition team members, written by climber Broughton Coburn, are now accompanied by contemporary portraits from the expedition. "Not only did Hornbein play a crucial role in one of the most extraordinary accomplishments in the history of mountaineering, his account of the feat is one of the finest things ever written about this peculiar, hazardous, and uncommonly engaging pursuit." Jon Krakauer

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Review:

If you love mountaineering, you'll hold this book reverently and marvel at the guts and determination good humor and unselfish teamwork Tom Hornbein brings to life. If you love outdoor photography, there's a wonder of it in this book.--Bill Hoke "The Kitsap Sun Sports Weekly Paper "

This is the story of one of the greatest achievements in American mountaineering history: Willi Unsoeld and Tom Hornbein climbing to the top of the world from Everest's West Ridge, descending from the South Col and bivouacking at 28,000-feet. It is a great story of determination, passion and friendship.... One of my favorite things about this book is the many outstanding photographs paired with quotes about mountains.--Katie Sauter, Library Director "American Alpine Club Library "

About the Author:

JON KRAKAUER is an American writer and mountaineer, primarily known for his writing about the outdoors and mountain-climbing. He is the author of best-selling non-fiction booksInto the Wild, Into Thin Air, Under the Banner of Heaven, and Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillmanas well as numerous magazine articles.

About this edition

• Publisher: Mountaineers Books
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1594857075
• ISBN 13: 9781594857072
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 288