| Climbing
Everest is taken from Chris Bonington's The Everest Years:
A Climber's Life, published by Hodder and Stroughton.
This unsimplified version retains all the tension and
drama of the original, giving a fascinating insight into
this dangerous world. It is a world in which success
depends not only on individual strength of body and mind,
but also on the ability to plan and organise as a member
of a large team with a common purpose. Bonington has to
witness the deaths of many of his fellow climbers - and
good friends - over the years, and yet he remains
determined to reach his personal goal: the summit of the
world's highest mountain. |