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Epics on Everest
Stories of Survival from the World's Highest Peak
ISBN: 1560254998
ISBN-13: 9781560254997
Format: Paperback
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Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Da Capo Pr
Published date: 2003
Size: 6.5 x 9.25 inches
Weight: 1.2 pounds
Publisher's Notes
A fiftieth anniversary homage to the climbers who tried and/or succeeding in scaling Everest draws together some of the most exciting, hair-raising tales of high-altitude adventure ever assembled in a single volume. Original.
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