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Ascent into Hell

By: Fergus White
Narrated by: Roger Clark
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About this listen

This personal, day-by-day chronicle takes the listener along every step of an Everest climb. A must for climbing enthusiasts, lovers of adventure, and extreme sport junkies; the closing chapters will leave you breathless.

There is but one aim: the summit, the summit of Mount Everest. What starts with a trouble-free trek into the Nepalese highlands explodes into a gripping tale of hardship, peril and adversity. Pushed beyond their physical and mental limits, climbers drop by the wayside. Their primal instincts for survival battle with their dogged resolve to drag themselves to the top of the world. But the focus remains: battle to the summit, and if successful, somehow get back down again.

©2017 Fergus White (P)2019 Tantor Climbing & Mountaineering Extreme Sports Outdoors & Nature Sports Adventure

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One of the best books on the climbing of Everest I have found.
I struggled slightly with the narrator’s style but this is personal preference.

Amazing staff

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A great story told in a humorous way, worth reading if you want to know what it's really like to climb Everest

Funny, detailed and slightly harrowing

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The detail should give this book a prominent place among the journals written about submitting Everest.
Loved the story but not the narrator

Fantastic account of the journey to Everest summit

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An excellent and detailed book giving an accurate and detailed account of climbing a mountain. in this case Everest, but much of what is described applies on lesser peaks too.

An excellent and detailed book

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I've listened to many books on Everest but this was by far my favourite. If you're looking for a big disaster - read The Climb or Into Thin Air. However, if you're looking for an honest, enthralling and sometimes funny account of an average man's journey to reach the summit...this is the book for you.

Enjoyed every, single second.

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