Description
Ten days passed with no rescue attempt, while more than half an expedition was stranded and dying at 20,000 feet during a vicious Arctic storm. The bodies were never recovered. And, for reasons that have remained cloudy, there was no proper official investigation of the catastrophe.
This book begins as a classic tale of men against nature, gambling-and losing-on one of the world's starkest and stormiest peaks. Reckoning by lives lost, it was history's third-worst mountaineering disaster when it occurred-but elements of finger pointing, incompetence, and cover-up make this disaster unlike any other. James M. Tabor draws on previously untapped sources: personal interviews with survivors and those involved in the aftermath, unpublished diaries and letters, and government documents. He consults not only mountaineers but also experts in disciplines including meteorology, forensics, and psychology. What results is the first full account of the tragedy that ended a golden age in mountaineering.
About the Author
James M. Tabor, a former contributing editor to Outside, attempted Mount McKinley and summitted Mount Sanford. He hosted the PBS series The Great Outdoors and cocreated the History Channel series Journey to the Center of the World. He lives in Waitsfield, Vermont.
Awards
Short-listed for Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature 2007.
Book Information
ISBN 9780393061741
Author James M. Tabor
Format Hardback
Page Count 432
Imprint WW Norton & Co
Publisher WW Norton & Co
Weight(grams) 773g
Dimensions(mm) 244mm * 168mm * 36mm
This book begins as a classic tale of men against nature, gambling-and losing-on one of the world's starkest and stormiest peaks. Reckoning by lives lost, it was history's third-worst mountaineering disaster when it occurred-but elements of finger pointing, incompetence, and cover-up make this disaster unlike any other. James M. Tabor draws on previously untapped sources: personal interviews with survivors and those involved in the aftermath, unpublished diaries and letters, and government documents. He consults not only mountaineers but also experts in disciplines including meteorology, forensics, and psychology. What results is the first full account of the tragedy that ended a golden age in mountaineering.
About the Author
James M. Tabor, a former contributing editor to Outside, attempted Mount McKinley and summitted Mount Sanford. He hosted the PBS series The Great Outdoors and cocreated the History Channel series Journey to the Center of the World. He lives in Waitsfield, Vermont.
Awards
Short-listed for Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature 2007.
Book Information
ISBN 9780393061741
Author James M. Tabor
Format Hardback
Page Count 432
Imprint WW Norton & Co
Publisher WW Norton & Co
Weight(grams) 773g
Dimensions(mm) 244mm * 168mm * 36mm
