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<p class=null1>Veteran world-class climber and bestselling author Ed Viesturs-the only American to have climbed all fourteen of the worldâs 8,000-meter peaks, and only the sixth man to do so without supplemental oxygen-trains his sights on Mount Everest, the highest peak on earth, in richly detailed accounts of expeditions that are by turns personal, harrowing, deadly, and inspiring.</p><p>The worldâs most famous mountain, Everest remains for serious high-altitude climbers an ultimate goal. Ed Viesturs has gone on eleven expeditions to Everest, reaching the summit seven times. Heâs spent more than two years of his life on the mountain. No climber today is better poised to survey Everestâs various ascents-both personal and historic. In <i>The Mountain</i>, Viesturs delivers just that: riveting you-are-there accounts of his own climbs as well as vivid narratives of some of the more famous and infamous climbs throughout the last century, when the honor of nations often hung in the balance, depending on which climbers summited first. In addition to his own experiences, Viesturs sheds light on the fate of Mallory and Irvine, whose 1924 disappearance just 800 feet from the top re

Who reads The mountain : my time on Everest?

Author

Ed Viesturs with David Roberts

Publisher

Simon & Schuster, Incorporated

Published

2013

Language

EN

ISBN

9781451694741

Category

travel

Subjects

Sports, Anthropology, Travel

Rating

3.87 / 5 (348 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13