Climbing Everest : a meditation on mountaineering and the spirit of adventure
This text focuses on why people climb Everest and what they find up there. The book looks at the musings and observations of a tired, emotional member of a climbing expedition which has summited Everest and is now struggling to descend. It is also an introduction to the history of mountaineering.
176 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
9780071364454, 0071364455
226130363
Preface1. Pinnacles of the Firmament2. Realize It's Just Not an Important Thing to Do3. Bring Lots of Ladders4. Have Yaks and Sherpas Carry All the Heavy Stuff5. Realize Far Worse Climbers Than You Have Done It6. Realize Far Better Climbers Than You Have Failed at It7. Realize You Have Already Succeeded at Harder Climbs8. Realize You Have Already Failed at Easier Climbs9. Realize You Will Never Be as Good as Hermann Buhl, and He Never Did Everest10. Realize There Are More Ways Than One to Climb Everest11. Wait Until the Wind Is RightNotesBibliographyAbout the Author