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Chris Bonington,Joe Tasker

Everest the Cruel Way

On 30 January 1981 Joe Tasker and Ade Burgess stood at 24,000 feet on the west ridge of Mount Everest. Below them were their companions, some exhausted, some crippled by illness, all virtually incapacitated. Further progress seemed impossible. Everest the Cruel Way is Joe Tasker's story of an attempt to climb the highest mountain on earth — an attempt which pushed a group of Britain's finest mountaineers to their limits. The goal had been to climb Mount Everest at its hardest: via the infamous west ridge, without supplementary oxygen and in winter. Tasker's epic account vividly describes experiences which no climber had previously endured. Close up and personal, it is a gripping account of day to day life on expedition and of the struggle to live at high altitude. Joe Tasker was one of Britain's best mountaineers. He was a pioneer of lightweight, Alpine-style climbing in the Greater Ranges and had a special talent for writing. He died, along with his friend Peter Boardman, high on Everest in 1982 while attempting a new and unclimbed line. Both men were superb mountaineers and talented writers.
217 printed pages
Copyright owner
Bookwire
Original publication
2013
Publication year
2013
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  • votdimahas quoted8 years ago
    Expeditions can be so arduous, the members living in such close proximity to each other, that it is vital to have a group of people who are able to get on with each other and work together. It is not essential that the team be made up of close friends; friendship and the ability to work together do not necessarily coincide.

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