On Top of the World

by Rebecca Stephens

Book Overview

In May 1993, Rebecca Stephens became the first British woman to climb Everest. This book tells the story of that historic climb. Published on to mark the first anniversary of her ascent, the book... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0333615042
• ISBN13: 9780333615041
• Release Date: May 1994
• Publisher: Macmillan
• Length: 197 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Great lady - great book : Top of the world

The author has a very engaging style and shares with the reader her boundless thirst for discovery. It seems that she got all kinds of people to do things for her, because her presence is a treat for almost everybody she meets. Most of all I loved her unbridled courage in her attempt to climb a forbidding peak, and after many years I bought the book (Whose two copies I had passed on) again, mainly to experience again how this strongwilled beauty stood up against sea- soned climbers - and won! No wonder that one finds out how this in- destructible woman went on to climb all the highest peaks of each continent. Wish the cover came as a poster, or I could attend one of her presentations. May she be an inspiration to millions! Hanns Streuli, Lake Placid