Search Results: Titles starting with E from Peter Green - Mountaineering Books

Everest: The West Ridge / Tom HornbeinThis beautiful copy for the collector is the 1966 edition (2nd ptg), first edition, nice dust jacket, book is in fine condition, Described by some as the "most beautiful mountaineering book ever published" Hornbein's book describes the story of the epic first American ascent of Everest in 1963. The expedition, consisting of veteran American climbers from disparate areas of the country, was able to get Whittaker to the summit early enough in the limited climbing season that the team had time to contemplate sending a second and third group to the top. What followed became legend as Hornbein and Willi Unseold were able to put up a new route along the untried west ridge of the world's tallest peak. They ended up spending the night near the summit after meeting up with another pair of climbers on their team who came up the "standard" south ridge.This book contains extraordinarily fine color photographs, hand collated into the binding and is produced by the Sierra… Read More

EVEREST: EXPEDITION TO THE ULTIMATEBy Reinhold MessnerIn 1978 Messner and his climbing partner Peter Habeler did what was thought to be impossible: to survive a climb about 29,000. The pair made a bold ascent of the world's tallest peak using no supplemental oxygen. This is the epic story of that historic feat. The book is richly illustrated with color photographs throughout.Uncommon printing: Book is the Same as first London printing, but printed in India for "Vision Books" apparently a subsidiary of Kaye and Ward.