Everest the Hard Way: The first ascent of the South West Face

A dramatic account of the 1975 British expedition’s perilous, pioneering ascent of Everest’s South West Face.

50th Anniversary Edition

Everest – the highest peak in the world, the ultimate challenge to a mountaineer’s skill and endurance. It had been climbed before, but never like this. Chris Bonington and his team had ambitions to climb it – the hard way.

Yet before Bonington and his team set out in August 1975, even their well-wishers gave them only a fifty–fifty chance of success. The South...