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Seven Summits

English · Paperback / Softback

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A thrilling and inspirational odyssey of two men's climb to the top of the highest peaks on each of the seven continents. "A great adventure story, filled with heroics, tragedy, humor and ultimately the triumph of the human spirit".--Tom Brokaw. 32-page insert.

Summary

Two Undaunted Men Frank Wells was the head of a major motion picture studio. Dick Bass had made his fortune as an energy and resort entrepreneur. In middle age, both men left behind home, family, and successful careers to share an impossible dream. Seven Unconquered Summits The challenge: be the first to climb the highest mountain on each of seven continents, from McKinley to Kilimanjaro to Everest. The obstacles: many and merciless, from ice storms to illness to a measurement question that threatened to make their record-breaking expedition a sham. The prize: the sheer, exhilarating triumph of standing at the top of every continent on earth.

Product details

Authors Dick Bass, Bass Dick, Rick Ridgeway, Ridgeway Rick, Frank Wells, Wells Frank
Publisher Little, Brown and Company
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 01.11.1988
 
EAN 9780446385169
ISBN 978-0-446-38516-9
No. of pages 384
Subjects Fiction > Narrative literature

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), FICTION / Literary, Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general

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