Dark summit : the extraordinary true story of Everest's most controversial season
Heil, Nick2009
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In 2006, 11 people died attempting to reach the summit of Mount Everest, the most fatalities since 1996. Nick Heil tells the story of two climbers - one who died and one who survived - and looks at how far some people will go in their single-minded pursuit of the ultimate mountaineering prize.
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London : Virgin, 2009.
Collation:
xi, 271 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., map, ports. ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: 2008.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780753515709 (pbk)
Dewey class:
796.522095796.522
Language:
English
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BRN:
311847