Everest: The West Ridge
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Everest: The West Ridge

Thomas F. Hornbein
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The classic, gripping mountaineering saga of the first ascent of Everest's West Ridge.
Genres: MountaineeringNonfictionAdventureClimbingTravelNatureHistoryOutdoorsBiographyMemoir
181 Pages

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