The Everest Story by Tim Vicary

It is beautiful to look at, hard to reach, and terribly difficult to climb. Winds of 200km/h or more scream across it day and night, while the temperature falls to -20°C or lower. Every year, some who try to climb the highest mountain in the world do not return. But for a century people have been coming to climb Everest – some alone, some in groups, but all with a dream of going to the highest pl