Everest: Kangshung Face
Author(s):
Venables, Stephen
Copyright: 1989, Hodder & Stoughton, London
Specifications: 1st, 8vo, pp.236, 67 color & 34 bw photos, 4 maps, appendices, photo eps, blue cloth
Condition: signed, dj unclipped, fine, cloth tight, fine
The amazing story of four climbers, with two support members, who forged a new route on Everest in 1988. This account of the second ascent of Everest’s East, or Kangshung, Face, without sherpa support or supplemental oxygen is a must read.
Shortlisted for the 1997 Boardman Tasker Mountaineering Literature Award.
SB V04.