The Call of Everest: The History, Science, and Future of the World's Tallest Peak

by Conrad Anker, Thomas Hornbein, Thomas F. Hornbein, et al.

Book Overview

Gripping and sumptuous, this is the definitive book on the history, mystique, and science of Mount Everest, including how climate change is impacting the world's tallest mountain.

In 1963, the American Mount Everest Expedition made mountaineering history. It was the first American venture to successfully scale the legendary peak and the first successful climb up the hazardous West Ridge (a climb so difficult no one has yet repeated...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1426210167
• ISBN13: 9781426210167
• Release Date: May 2013
• Publisher: National Geographic Society
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 3.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 9.4" x 12.0"