Winter 8000: Climbing the World's Highest Mountains in the Coldest Season

by Bernadette McDonald

Book Overview

2020 Banff Mountain Book Competition Finalist in Mountain Literature Recounts some of the most dangerous feats in mountaineering history Insights into the human attraction to danger and suffering Award-winning author While you wouldn't expect climbing an 8000-meter peak in winter to be a popular activity, there have been 178 expeditions (as of 2019) to the Himalaya and Karakoram during the cruelest season to do just that. Polish alpinist,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1680512927
• ISBN13: 9781680512922
• Release Date: August 2020
• Publisher: Mountaineers Books
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"