Climbing High: A Woman’s Account of Surviving the Everest Tragedy
Author(s):
Gammelgaard, Lene
Copyright: 1999, US
Specifications: 1st, 8vo, pp.xvi, 211, 29 bw photos, map, blue cloth
Condition: dj bumped on corners, unclipped, near fine, cloth w/ pen notation regarding Reinhold Messner, tight, fine
Lene Gammelgaard was a friend of Scott Fischer and a member of his Mountain Madness team in 1996. She became the first Scandinavian woman to reach the summit of Everest. She recounts the weeks leading up to the fateful summit day and the devastating night spent huddled on the South Col with the remnants of the other teams. One of 25 books regarding the Everest 1996 tragedy. This is a translation of her Danish bestseller.
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