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Everest: The West Ridge

Everest: The West Ridge

Thomas Hornbein
Tom Hornbein and Willi Unsoeld's 1963 traverse of Everest via the unclimbed West Ridge remains one of the boldest ascents in Himalayan history. Hornbein's account is spare and honest, and the photographs are extraordinary. A mountaineering book that's also a meditation on risk and partnership.
Mountains & Climbing Memoir Himalaya
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Publisher Mountaineers
Published 1998
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