| Details | | Publication Date: | 1999-04-01 | | Edition Description: | Illustrated |
| Size | | Length: | 211 pages | | Height: | 9.3 in | | Width: | 6.3 in | | Thickness: | 0.8 in | | Weight: | 18.4 oz |
Publisher's Note In this intimate and perceptive account of the Everest tragedy, Lene Grammelgaard details the weeks leading up to the fateful summit day, as well as the devastating night that would make headlines around the world.
The internationally bestselling account of the 1996 Everest disaster by one of the few who reached the summit and survived. 20 photos. Maps.
Industry Reviews "Whereas books like [Jon Krakauer's] INTO THIN AIR and THE CLIMB, by Bukreyev (with G. Weston DeWalt), try to be comprehensive, Gammelgaard's is a sketch. Though at times she seems overly preoccupied with Zen-like meditations on inner peace and her fitness, her colorful observations make this account worth reading....Her memoir, told in mostly short passages, begs for more detail. No matter: to get inside the head of someone talking herself through a potentially fatal crisis is fascinating enough." New York Times Book Review - Erica Sanders (07/18/1999)
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