Everest, south west face

by Chris Bonington

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0340169729
• ISBN13: 9780340169728
• Release Date: January 1973
• Publisher: Hodder and Stoughton
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 2.40 lbs.

Customer Reviews

The Ultimate Everest Expedition Book

what can be said about this book ?I am lucky enough to have owned this since it was first published. It revolves around Bonningtons second big everest expedition, against the South West Face of Everest, which at that time had never been climbed.In 72 he led a team to try to climb this face which failed due to high winds and the extreme cold. In 75 (This book) he returned with better equipment and started much earlier in the seasion. This expedition was a true 'seige' climb, on a totally unclimbed route. Climbers would head up to the front for their three or four days, manage to lay a thousand feet of rope and then retreat back to base to recover.The writing in this book must be Bonnington's best with a lot of real emotion. The book contains a huge amount of very good quality photos.If you are interested in Everest in anyway then this is required reading...