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

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 Boningtonand 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. TheSouth West Face of Everesthad already defeated five expeditions, including one led by Bonington himself. Everest the Hard Wayis an exhilarati...