Kingdoms Of Experience - Everest The Unclimbed Ridge

Greig, Andrew

ISBN 10: 009165890X / ISBN 13: 9780091658908

Published by Hutchinson, 1986

About this Item

Cloth, dj, F/VG+. 249pp, 16pp colour plates, index, a nice near fine copy, base of spine bumped. Account of the 1985 Pilkington Everest Expedition which set out to climb Everest's unclimbed North East ridge. The previous expedition to climb this route which was led by Bonington ended in the deaths of Joe Tasker & Pete Boardman. 700 grams.

Seller Inventory # 19713

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Kingdoms Of Experience - Everest The Unclimbed Ridge
• Publisher: Hutchinson
• Publication Date: 1986
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 009165890X
• ISBN 13: 9780091658908
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Weight: 700 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • Mountaineering

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Synopsis

In March 1985, Mal Duff led a new expedition to conquer Everest by the unclimbed north-east ridge.The last attempt by a Chris Bonington team had ended in failure and tragedy - with the deaths of two great climbers, Joe Tasker and Pete Boardman. Everyone knew the risks as well as the excitement of the challenge. In this extraordinary book, Greig chronicles not only the assault on the peak but also the complex inter-relationships of nineteen very different personalities living together.

From the Back Cover

With an introduction by Chris Bonington

"A classic in mountaineering literature." Geographical Magazine

In March 1985, Mal Duff led a new expedition to conquer Everest by the unclimbed north-east ridge. The last attempt by a Chris Bonington team had ended in failure and tragedy - with the deaths of two great climbers, Joe Tasker and Pete Boardman.

Everyone knew the risks as well as the excitement of the challenge. In this extraordinary book, short-listed for the Boardman-Tasker Awards, Greig chronicles not only the assault on the peak but also the complex inter-relationships of nineteen very different personalities living together, yet each very much alone.

"Allows us privileged insights into the minds of these adventurers ... Canongate have chosen well in re-issuing this important mountaineering journal." The Herald
"A wonderful, gritty expedition book." Chris Bonington

Front cover photograph: North East ridge of Everest. Courtesy: Chris Bonington Picture Library. Design by James Hutcheson