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Brief Description: In this pioneering anthology, Clint Willis presents 75 years of great writing -- from Neil O'Dell to Jon Krakauer -- on the fabled peaks. Here are stories of two British expeditions to Everest in the 1920s; a piece on the 1939 K2 attempt that claimed four climbers' lives; a firsthand account by the Sherpa who reached the summit of Everest in 1953 with Edmund Hillary; the story of the first successful American assault on K2 in 1978; a British photographer's view of the calamitous 1996 storm on Everest; and many more -- a cornucopia of mountaineering thrills for adventurous readers. Biographical Note: Clint Willis edited Epic, Stories of Survival from the World's Highest Peaks. He lives in Cape Elizabeth, ME. Marc Notes: An Adrenaline book--T.p. verso.; Includes bibliographical references (p. 321). Review Citations:

School Library Journal 01/01/2000 pg. 162 (EAN 9781560252009, Paperback)

Library Journal 03/01/2001 (EAN 9781885408358, Analog Audio Cassette)

Contributor Bio:  Willis, Clint Willis has edited more than 30 anthologies on subjects ranging from mountaineering to mediation.