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 enlarge | Author: Ed Webster
Publisher: Mountain Imagery
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  17 reviews
Sales Rank: 327245
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1st
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 580
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.6
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 6.1 x 1.5
ISBN: 0965319911
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.522092
EAN: 9780965319911
ASIN: 0965319911
Publication Date: January 6, 2001
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Adventure Photographer Ace Kvale February 23, 2001
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
This book is an instant classic in Mountaineering literature and photography.It is gripping, passionate and full of the sublime beauty that keeps me and so many others continually returning to the mountains and somehow in simple language conveys the sense of wonder and excitement of high places and being on the edge. When being close to death we are closer to living life to it's fullest. It spurs the imagination and has inspired me to not onlty put together another trip but to enjoy every day and honor the people we love. Ed Webster is truly one of my heros.
A Book Worthy of Mount Everest January 19, 2001
There have been many books written about Mount Everest in recent years. Ed Webster's "Snow In the Kingdom" is head and shoulders above the rest, just like Mount Everest itself. The story is about Webster's three expeditions to the mountain between 1985 to 1988. And while his narrative exquisitely describes each expedition and the Sherpa and Tibetan cultures, Webster is also recounting his personal redemption and growth after the tragic death of his girlfriend in a climbing accident. The book culminates with the successful first ascent of a new route on Everest's remote east side, the Kangshung Face. This expedition in 1988 was one of the greatest acheivements in Himalayan climbing, as it was only a four-man team which used no Sherpas, oxygen, or radios on the climb. They relied solely on their own personal skills and judgement, and unyeilding trust of each other. The team manages to put one climber on the summit, but their real success is surviving the descent, about which Webster writes with suspense and honesty. Webster also conveys his admiration for the Sherpa people, the legendary climbers who have been such a fundamental part of Himilayan mountaineering. He has even documented a revelation about Tenzing Norgay, the Sherpa who summited Everest with Sir Edmund Hillary in 1953. Webster's research is meticulous, his photography(there are hundreds of color and black and white pictures) is stunning, and the quality of the paper and binding is first rate. This is a book truly worthy of the highest peak on earth.
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