The Mammoth Book Of Everest
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The Mammoth Book Of Everest
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Author : Jon E. Lewis
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2015-06-04
The Mammoth Book Of Everest written by Jon E. Lewis and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-06-04 with Sports & Recreation categories.
This selection of the very best writing on Everest begins with the first attempts and continues, via Mallory's failed bid and Hillary and Tenzing's triumph, to the disasters of recent years. It features 35 white-knuckle accounts of climbing on the world's highest mountain, with all the tragedy and triumph of humankind's striving for the top of the world, by those who know the 'Death Zone' best - the climbers themselves. But this is much more than just the best of exhilarating first-hand accounts of climbing on Everest. It includes the full history of the conquest of Everest, and provides an evocative portrait of the cruel, natural beauty of Chomolungma, 'The Mother Goddess of the World'.
The Mammoth Book Of How It Happened Everest
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Author : Jon E. Lewis
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2012-03-01
The Mammoth Book Of How It Happened Everest written by Jon E. Lewis and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-03-01 with Sports & Recreation categories.
Begining with the 1921 attempt on the summit of Everest through to the disasters of the 1990s, this work features 30 white-knuckle accounts of climbing endeavour on the world's highest mountain, with all the tragedy and triumph of humankind's striving for the top of the world, by those who know the "Death Zone" best - the climbers of Everest themselves. Yet this is more than a cherry-picking of great true and exhilarating memoirs of Everest. Included are the history of the conquest of Everest, and all the natural and cruel beauty of Chomolungma "The Mother Goddess of the World".
The Mammoth Book Of How It Happened
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Author : Jon Lewis
language : en
Publisher: Constable & Robinson Ltd
Release Date : 2003
The Mammoth Book Of How It Happened written by Jon Lewis and has been published by Constable & Robinson Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Mountaineering categories.
Begining with the 1921 attempt on the summit of Everest through to the disasters of the 1990s, this work features 30 white-knuckle accounts of climbing endeavour on the world's highest mountain, with all the tragedy and triumph of humankind's striving for the top of the world, by those who know the DeathZone best - the climbers of Everest themselves.
The Mammoth Book Of Eyewitness Everest
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Author : Jon E. Lewis
language : en
Publisher: Running PressBook Pub
Release Date : 2003
The Mammoth Book Of Eyewitness Everest written by Jon E. Lewis and has been published by Running PressBook Pub this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Sports & Recreation categories.
Offers thirty-two firsthand accounts of the experience of climbing Everest from contributors including George Mallory, Tenzing Norgay, Reinhold Messner, and Maria Coffey.
The Mammoth Book Of Eyewitness Everest
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Author : Jon E. Lewis
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003
The Mammoth Book Of Eyewitness Everest written by Jon E. Lewis and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Mountaineering categories.
The Mammoth Book Of On The Edge
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Author : Jon E. Lewis
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2012-03-01
The Mammoth Book Of On The Edge written by Jon E. Lewis and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-03-01 with Sports & Recreation categories.
No one sees clearer than an individual whose life is hanging by the finger tips on the edge of an abyss. Probing the furthest reaches of human daring and endurance, here are 28 of the great first-hand accounts of extreme mountaineering, from legendary names. Written by the bestselling author of Meadowland and The Running Hare, Featuring: ·Heinrich Harrer - first conqueror of the notorious Eigerwand. ·Robert Bates - the classic account of the ill-fated American 1953 expedition to K2. ·Maurice Herzog - his unstoppable ascent of Annapurna at the cost of frostbite. ·Walter Bonatti - tragedy on the Central Pillar of Freney on Mont Blanc. ·George Leigh Mallory - surviving an avalanche on the 1922 Everest expedition. ·René Desmaison - his epic story of 14 days stuck on The Grandes Jorasses in winter. ·Jon Krakauer - recalling his solo ascent of The Devil's Thumb in Alaska. The price of the summit is often measured in human suffering, yet for those who succeed the rewards can be incalculable. Nerve-wracking and unputdownable.
The Mammoth Book Of Eyewitness Everest
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Author : Jon E. Lewis
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003-04-01
The Mammoth Book Of Eyewitness Everest written by Jon E. Lewis and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-04-01 with categories.
Everest
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Author : Jon E. Lewis
language : en
Publisher: Robinson
Release Date : 2015-06-04
Everest written by Jon E. Lewis and has been published by Robinson this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-06-04 with Everest, Mount (China and Nepal) categories.
This selection of the very best writing on Everest begins with the first attempts and continues, via Mallory's failed bid and Hillary and Tenzing's triumph, to the disasters of recent years. It features 35 white-knuckle accounts of climbing on the world's highest mountain, with all the tragedy and triumph of humankind's striving for the top of the world, by those who know the 'Death Zone' best - the climbers themselves. But this is much more than just the best of exhilarating first-hand accounts of climbing on Everest. It includes the full history of the conquest of Everest, and provides an evocative portrait of the cruel, natural beauty of Chomolungma, 'The Mother Goddess of the World'.
The Mammoth Book Of Travel In Dangerous Places
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Author : John Keay
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2010-04-29
The Mammoth Book Of Travel In Dangerous Places written by John Keay and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-04-29 with Travel categories.
The great explorers were the celebrities of their day - the romance and danger of their daring expeditions captured the public imagination and the world's headlines to an extraordinary degree. Not all of them lived to tell the tale, of course, but those who emerged triumphant from jungle, desert or polar wasteland were hailed as if returning from beyond the grave. Journalists vied for their stories and publishers rushed their first-hand accounts of exciting and dangerous journeys into print for a wide and voracious readership. Acclaimed travel historian John Keay introduces this selection of the best of these first-hand narratives, including those of John Ross and John Franklin, writing about their experiences in the Arctic; Richard Burton's account of his search for the source of the Nile; John Speke on Lake Victoria; David Livingstone and Henry Stanley's adventures in central Africa; Alexander McKenzie's first crossing of America and Meriwether Lewis's encounter with the Shoshonee; Robert Peary and Roald Amundsen's voyages to the poles; and the poignant last words of William Wills in Australia and Robert Scott's In Extremis. Keay includes the experiences of four remarkable twentieth-century explorers: Hiram Bingham on the discovery of Machu Picchu; Wilfred Thesiger on Arabia's Empty Quarter; Edmund Hillary on reaching the summit of Everest; and Harry St John Bridger Philby facing despair and defeat in the Arabian desert.
The Mammoth Book Of Explorers
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Author : John Keay
language : en
Publisher: Running Press
Release Date : 2002-01-27
The Mammoth Book Of Explorers written by John Keay and has been published by Running Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-01-27 with History categories.
During the golden age of exploration in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, when the intrepid travelers emerged from the jungles, deserts, and ice caps of the world's remotest locations, they were greeted by an awestruck public as though they had returned from the dead or other worlds. The Mammoth Book of Explorers recaptures the thrill of the unknown with first-hand accounts of expeditions across all seven continents. In Africa, there is Burton's search for the source of the Nile. In the Americas, Meriwether Lewis tells how he reunited Sacajawea with her tribe, and Alexander Mackenzie recounts the first overland crossing of the continent by the Canadian fur trader in 1793. At the globe's top and bottom, Robert Peary and Ernest Shackleton race for the poles. In addition to such triumphs of human endurance, there are the tragedies of Livingstone's last days in Africa, William John Wills's lonely death in the Australian outback, and Robert Scott's tragic final expedition in Antarctica. To round out this Mammoth collection, noted author John Keay has also chosen twentieth-century explorers who have carried on the dauntless tradition, including Hiram Bingham's account of the discovery of Machu Picchu, Thesiger on Arabia's Empty Quarter, Edmund Hillary on scaling the summit of Everest, and Harry St. John Bridger Philby on traversing the desert alone.