The Will to Climb: Obsession and Commitment and the Quest to Climb Annapurna--the World's Deadliest Peak

by Ed Viesturs, David Roberts, David Roberts

Book Overview

The bestselling author of The Mountain and No Shortcuts to the Top chronicles his three attempts to climb the world's tenth-highest and statistically deadliest peak while exploring the dramatic and tragic history of others who have made--or attempted--the ascent.

"Viesturs and Roberts have written an exhaustively researched and wonderfully compelling history of the most fascinating and dangerous of the Himalayan...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0307720438
• ISBN13: 9780307720436
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY)
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.0"