The Death Zone - Climbing Everest through the Killer Storm

Informationen zum Autor Matt Dickinson is a British film-maker and writer who is best known for his documentary work for Discovery Channel, National Geographic and the BBC. In 1996, Dickinson became the first British film-maker to film from the top of Mount Everest and return alive. His documentary film about this ill-fated expedition, Summit Fever, has been critically acclaimed worldwide. He has written a number of mountaineering books and made many adventure and nature documentaries. Klappentext The desperate attempts of teams on the southern side of the mountain, fatal errors that led to the deaths of three Indian climbers on the North Ridge and the moving story of Rob Hall, the New Zealand guide who stayed with his stricken client, and paid with his life. Zusammenfassung The desperate attempts of teams on the southern side of the mountain, fatal errors that led to the deaths of three Indian climbers on the North Ridge and the moving story of Rob Hall, the New Zealand guide who stayed with his stricken client, and paid with his life.

Product details

• Authors: Matt Dickinson
• Publisher: Arrow
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.07.1998
• EAN: 9780099255727
• ISBN: 978-0-09-925572-7
• No. of pages: 224
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 15 mm
• Subjects: Guides > Sport > Other sports disciplines; Travel > Travelogues, traveller's tales; Nepal, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs, SPORTS & RECREATION / Extreme Sports, SPORTS & RECREATION / Mountaineering, Climbing & mountaineering, Extreme Sports, Memoirs, Sports & outdoor recreation, True stories of heroism, endurance & survival, Climbing and mountaineering, True stories of heroism, endurance and survival, Sports and Active outdoor recreation