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In May 1996 three expeditions attempted to climb Mount Everest on the Southeast Ridge route pioneered by Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay in 1953. Crowded conditions slowed their progress. Late in the day twenty-three men and women-including expedition leaders Scott Fischer and Rob... read more

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  • “The mountain does not play games. It sits there unmoved.”

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A star, one that didn't belong, appeared in the night sky over the Himalaya in March 1996.

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  1. Anatoli Boukreev (Author)

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  1. G Weston DeWalt (Author)

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Original Language: English
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Publication Date: 1997
ISBN: 0312965338
Page Count: 297

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