High Exposure. An Enduring Passion for Everest and Unforgiving Places

Cover Type: Hardcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: Fine
Publisher: Canongate Books
Publisher Place: New York
Publisher Year: 1999
Edition: First Edition

Description: 319 pages. Book and Jacket appear to have hardly been read and are both in Fine condition throughout.

Publishers Description: For generations of adventurers, from Mallory to Hillary, Norgay to Krakauer, Mount Everest and the worlds greatest peaks have provided the ultimate testing ground. But as the publics fascination with mountaineering reaches an all-time high, the question remains - why climb In High Exposure, legendary rock climber, mountaineer and film-maker, David Breashears, answers with a captivating and intimate look at his life, during which he has scaled many of the worlds highest peaks, including two successful ascents of Everest.

ISBN: 9780862419622