The Ultimate Challenge: The Hardest Way Up the Highest Mountain in the World |
Contents
BEGINNINGS | 15 |
THE JAPANESE EVEREST EXPEDITION 196970 | 20 |
THE INTERNATIONAL EVEREST EXPEDITION Spring 1971 | 28 |
Copyright | |
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acclimatisation Advanced Base altitude approach march attempt Autumn Barney Base Camp British carry Chris Chris Bonington climbing cold collapse crampons cylinder Dave Bathgate Don Whillans Doug and Mick Doug Scott Dougal and Hamish Dougal Haston equipment Everest Expedition Face of Everest feeling feet felt film fixed ropes front gear going Graham gully Hamish and Dougal Herrligkoffer high-altitude Sherpas International Expedition Japanese Jimmy Roberts Jumar Kathmandu Kuen ladder lead climbers Lhotse loads looked Lukla man-day Mick and Doug monsoon morning Mount Everest mountain move Nepal Nick and Dave night Nuptse organising oxygen pack Pembatharke Pertemba Phurba pkts porters problem Pumori push radio reached Camp Rock Band rôle route seemed sérac Sherpas sleeping bags slope snow Sona Hishy South Col South East Ridge South Face South West Face spindrift stoves tent trying weather Western Cwm wind