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Fragile edge : a personal portrait of loss on Everest by Maria Coffey is a sports available to read on EtoBox.
What is Fragile edge : a personal portrait of loss on Everest about?
Nobody has written more eloquently about the human side of high-altitude mountaineering than Maria Coffey in Fragile Edge. This is a powerful story about loss and the loved ones left behind to sort out their sorrow and confusion, anger and healing. With openness and honesty, Coffey describes her love affair with elite British mountaineer Joe Tasker, who perished with his climbing partner Peter Boardman while attempting Everest's then- unclimbed Northeast Ridge in 1982. She relives her experience
Who reads Fragile edge : a personal portrait of loss on Everest?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Maria Coffey
- Publisher
- Seattle, WA: Mountaineers Books
- Published
- 2000
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780898867374
- Category
- sports
- Subjects
- Sports, Anthropology, Memoir
- Rating
- 4.3 / 5 (45 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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