In 1963, Jim Whittaker became the first American to summit Everest via the South Col route. Roughly two weeks after Whittaker's achievement, Tom Hornbein and Willi Unsoeld, fellow American mountaineers on the same expedition, became the first climbers ever to summit the world's highest peak via the dangerous and forbidding West Ridge--a route on which only a handful of climbers have since succeeded. This special fiftieth anniversary edition reintroduces the adventure in a larger format by members of the expedition, ...
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In 1963, Jim Whittaker became the first American to summit Everest via the South Col route. Roughly two weeks after Whittaker's achievement, Tom Hornbein and Willi Unsoeld, fellow American mountaineers on the same expedition, became the first climbers ever to summit the world's highest peak via the dangerous and forbidding West Ridge--a route on which only a handful of climbers have since succeeded. This special fiftieth anniversary edition reintroduces the adventure in a larger format by members of the expedition, including leader Norman G. Dyhrenfurth and team doctor Jim Lester. In addition to a new foreword by Jon Krakauer, this volume also features a new preface by Hornbein along with a series of prefaces he wrote for earlier editions, including the original from 1965.
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VG- 8vo. original printed paper wraps (rubbed & marked, slight wear to extremities, prev. owner's name inside front cover); pp. 160, with numerous colour illustrations. A very good copy. [Neate H112: First ascent of the West Ridge and traverse down normal route].
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Fair. An acceptable and readable copy. All pages are intact, and the spine and cover are also intact. This item may have light highlighting, writing or underlining through out the book, curled corners, missing dust jacket and or stickers.
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Very Good- 0898866162. Scuff to exterior edge of pages. Speckle stains (minor, not foxing) to exterior edge of pages. Otherwise in great condition. No writing or noteworthy blemishes.; 0 pages.
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F in F- jacket. F/F-. 8vo. original blue cloth gilt in dustwrapper (edges slightly rubbed, faintly browned); pp. 182 (last blank), with numerous colour plates. A fine copy. [Neate H112: First ascent of the West Ridge and traverse down normal route].
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Very good. No dust jacket as issued. 198 p. : chiefly col. ill., map; 34 cm. Sierra Club exhibit format series; 12. Includes: Illustrations, Maps. Bibliography: p. 12.
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F in F jacket. Signed by Author. F/F. 8vo. original blue cloth gilt in dustwrapper (price-clipped); pp. 182 (last blank), with numerous colour plates. A lovely copy, fine. [Neate H112: First ascent of the West Ridge and traverse down normal route]. Warmly inscribed by Tom Hornbein to title page.
Great account of first ascent of Everst West Ridge and first American ascent. Great original photographs.
Nelsons
Jul 14, 2008
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Everest, The West Ridge by Thomas Hornbein is a wonderful book written about a great adventure. I had the privilige of meeting the author in 1996 on a birding trek and he gave us a great lecture about the climb. Recently, my great-niece and her husband took a last vacation for a while (She is starting an internship in Ob/Gyn) after many lean years of school. They took a trek to Base Camp at Everest and we thought this book would be a wonderful graduation present. We had previously read the book and knew it is a great book with excellent photographs.