Death Zone : Climbing Everest Through the Killer Storm

Dickinson, Matt

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An epic personal story of survival and achievement, The Death Zone tells how Dickinson climbed Everest through the worst 24 hours in the history of the mountain – and a storm which left 12 dead.

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Publish Date: 02/07/1998

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It seemed like any other season on Mount Everest. Ten expeditions from around the world were preparing for their summit push, gathered together to try for mountaineering’s ultimate prize. Twenty-four hours later, eight of those climbers were dead, victims of the most devastating storm ever to hit Everest. On the North face of the mountain, a British expedition found itself in the thick of the drama. Against all odds, film-maker Matt Dickinson and professional climber Alan Hinkes managed to battle through hurricane-force winds to reach the summit. In Death Zone, Matt Dickinson describes the extraordinary event that put the disaster on the front cover of Time and Newsweek. The desperate attempts of teams on the southern side of the mountain, fatal errors that led to the deaths of three Indian climbers on the North Ridge and the moving story of Rob Hall, the New Zealand guide who stayed with his stricken client, and paid with his life. Based on interviews with the surviving climbers and the first-hand experience of having lived through the killer storm, this gripping non-fiction book tackles issues at the very heart of mountaineering. Death Zone is an extraordinary story of human triumph, folly and disaster.

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Weight 183 g
Dimensions 198 × 129 × 15 mm
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Cover

Paperback

Pages

211

Language

English

Edition
Dewey

796.522095496 (edition:21)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K