The Boys of Everest: Chris Bonington and the Tragedy of Climbing's Greatest Generation
by Clint Willis
2021-01-02 18:53:43
The Boys of Everest: Chris Bonington and the Tragedy of Climbing's Greatest Generation
by Clint Willis
2021-01-02 18:53:43
A well-regarded history of a famed era in mountaineering, newly brought back into print - The exploits of mountaineering''s most colorful band of adventurers - Author is a climber and an award-winning writerThe Boys of Everest by Clint Willis tells...
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A well-regarded history of a famed era in mountaineering, newly brought back into print - The exploits of mountaineering''s most colorful band of adventurers - Author is a climber and an award-winning writerThe Boys of Everest by Clint Willis tells the gripping story of "Bonington''s Boys": a band of climbers who reinvented mountaineering during the three decades after Everest''s first ascent. It is a story of tremendous courage, astonishing achievement, and heartbreaking loss. Chris Bonington''s inner circle included a dozen of mountaineering''s most legendary figures-Don Whillans, John Harlin, Dougal Haston, Doug Scott, Peter Boardman, Joe Tasker, and others-who together gave birth to a new brand of climbing. They took increasingly challenging risks on now-legendary expeditions to the world''s most fearsome peaks-and they paid an enormous price. Most of them died in the mountains, leaving behind the hardest question of all: was it worth it?
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