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Everest Grand Circle: A Climbing and Skiing Adventure Through Nepal and Tibet,
This review is from: Everest Grand Circle: A Climbing and Skiing Adventure Through Nepal and Tibet (Hardcover)
The title doesn't do this book justice! It's quite a bit more than a "climbing and skiing adventure". World records were set, and new routes done, on one of the first expeditions taking place in the brutal winter season in the Himalaya. No one had climbed all the passes around Everest to circle the peak, ever, before this crazy crew. They started with the first winter ascent of the peak Pumori, which is the daughter peak next to Everest, and proceeded to live for 4 months at high altitude crossing 5 passes between 20-22,000 feet, after climbing a major peak. It was quite an endurance feat. The party was without food, living in caves at times, but I don't want to spoil it for you! If anyone ever wanted to know the terrain intimately on all sides of Everest, this is the book for you.
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Everest Grand Circle: A Climbing and Skiing Adventure Through Nepal and Tibet by Ned Gillette (Hardcover - Nov. 1985)
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