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High: Stories of Survival from Everest and K2 (Adrenaline Books) by Clint Willis; Matt Dickinson is a travel available to read on EtoBox.
What is High: Stories of Survival from Everest and K2 (Adrenaline Books) about?
<p>In this pioneering anthology, Clint Willis presents 75 years of great writing -- from Neil O'Dell to Jon Krakauer -- on the fabled peaks. Here are stories of two British expeditions to Everest in the 1920s; a piece on the 1939 K2 attempt that claimed four climbers' lives; a firsthand account by the Sherpa who reached the summit of Everest in 1953 with Edmund Hillary; the story of the first successful American assault on K2 in 1978; a British photographer's view of the calamitous 1996 storm on Everest; and many more -- a cornucopia of mountaineering thrills for adventurous readers.</p>
Who reads High: Stories of Survival from Everest and K2 (Adrenaline Books)?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Clint Willis; Matt Dickinson
- Publisher
- Balliett & Fitzgerald Inc. / Thunder's Mouth Press
- Published
- 1999
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781560252009
- Category
- travel
- Subjects
- Sports, Anthropology, Fiction
- Rating
- 3.7 / 5 (169 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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