Chris Bonington's Everest - Hardcover

Reseña del editor

A breathtaking celebration marking the 50th anniversary of the Mt. Everest summit Joining the worldwide celebration of this adventure milestone, Chris Bonington's Everest honors the highest point on Earth with exhilarating panoramic photography and gripping tales of triumph and tragedy at 29,000 feet. Britain's greatest living mountaineer, a vivid memoirist and outstanding photographer, Sir Chris Bonington offers armchair alpinists a breathtaking climb to the top of the world in this lavish, full-color, large-format book. Recounting the stunning successes and brutal tragedies of his own Everest expeditions, Bonington reveals the mountain in all its majesty and mystery, giving readers an absorbing firsthand account that is as gripping as any psychological thriller.

Biografía del autor

Sir Chris Bonington first encountered mountains in Snowdonia as a 16-year-old and has since climbed widely from Greenland to Antarctica. His first ascents include the Central Pillar of Freney in the Alps, Annapurna II and Nuptse in the Himalaya and the Central Tower of Paine in Patagonia. He has undertaken 26 expeditions to the peaks of Central Asia, including 12 first ascents of peaks of over 6000 metres, but when he is at home he still loves nothing better than to go out on his local Cumbrian hills with his friends.

Around his climbing life he has built a highly successful career in writing, lecturing and broadcasting, which has made him the best-known face in British mountaineering. The author of 15 books, he was knighted for services to mountaineering in 1996.