eBook Everest: Alone at the Summit (Adrenaline) ePub

Stephen Venables reached the summit of Mount Everest on May 12, 1988, only the second summit from the Kangshung East side

Stephen Venables reached the summit of Mount Everest on May 12, 1988, only the second summit from the Kangshung East side. Venables descent from the summit in a blizzard is as chilling and frightening as Maurice Herzog's Annapurna, with Stephen having to bivouac just below the summit. At one point in his descent, he sits in the snow and considers just staying there and dying. The story is very exciting.

In 1988, Stephen Venables became the first Briton to summit Everest without oxygen. Everest: Alone at the Summit is the story of his thrilling journey. The Kangshung Face remains the least frequented of Everest’s flanks due to its narrow gullies, hanging glaciers and steep rock buttresses

Meanwhile, Venables reached the summit alone, at . 0 pm. Descending late in the day, he decided to bivouac in the open at about 8,600 metres, rather than risk a fall by. .Everest – Summit of Achievement Bloomsbury 2003.

Meanwhile, Venables reached the summit alone, at . Descending late in the day, he decided to bivouac in the open at about 8,600 metres, rather than risk a fall by continuing in the dark. Anderson and Webster spent the night slightly lower in an abandoned Japanese tent. Ollie: The True Story of a Brief and Courageous Life, Hutchinson, 2006

Alone at the Summit" is a fantastic book about a team of four climbers on the tallest mountain in the world

Alone at the Summit" is a fantastic book about a team of four climbers on the tallest mountain in the world. Against all odds, this team pioneered a route that was one of the last "frontiers" of mountaineering. Much has been said and written about the author's actions and the way he describes the events on Everest.

Five years later, Stephen Venables intensified the challenge by leading .

Five years later, Stephen Venables intensified the challenge by leading three unknown American climbers up the East Face - this time without oxygen. I’ve read a lot of book by people who have climbed Everest but was interested in this one as it’s about an 1988 attempt on the Kangshung Face – Everest’s biggest wall which is approached from the east side in Tibet.

Venables, Stephen, 1954-. New York : Thunder Mouth Press : Balliett & Fitzgerlad ; : Distributed by Publishers Group West. Books for People with Print Disabilities. Internet Archive Books. Uploaded by booksale-cataloger3 on September 26, 2011. SIMILAR ITEMS (based on metadata).

Alone at the Summit (Adrenaline Classics Series). Published August 15, 2000 by Thunder's Mouth Press. In library, Description and travel, Mountaineering, Mountaineers, Protected DAISY, Biography. Stephen Venables (1954-). Everest, Mount (China and Nepal), Great Britain.

Five years later, Stephen Venables intensified the challenge by leading three unknown American . The question to most climbing experts wasn't whether they would summit, but whether they would live.

Stephen Venables is one of the best-known mountaineers of his generation and the author of EVEREST - ALONE AT THE SUMMIT. Joanna Wright is Curator of Photography at the Royal Geographical Society Picture Library in London

Stephen Venables is one of the best-known mountaineers of his generation and the author of EVEREST - ALONE AT THE SUMMIT. Joanna Wright is Curator of Photography at the Royal Geographical Society Picture Library in London. John Keay is the author of THE GREAT ARC: THE DRAMATIC TALE OF HOW INDIA WAS NAMED.