Book The West Ridge of Everest
SKU: 9786199010532
The book offers a new reading of „the most important sporting event for Bulgaria in the 20th century“. The expeditions along the Western Ridge before and after the Bulgarian one are tracked. The route and its most difficult part - the summit rock pyramid - are described in detail, and comparisons are made with other expeditions that have operated along the ridge. Features first-person accounts of climbers who played a key role in Everest 1984. An analysis is made and a different point of view is presented than that which has prevailed in the last 40 years. The book includes new archival footage, radio sessions, some of which even the participants themselves have not heard over the years.
Author: Nikolay Petkov
Edition 2024, 248 pages, format 165x230 (C5, larger than A5)),full color print on chrome mat, over 150 photographs and graphics
Detailed description
The book offers a new reading of „the most important sporting event for Bulgaria in the 20th century“. The expeditions along the Western Ridge before and after the Bulgarian one are tracked. The route and its most difficult part - the summit rock pyramid - are described in detail, and comparisons are made with other expeditions that have operated along the ridge. Features first-person accounts of climbers who played a key role in Everest 1984. An analysis is made and a different point of view is presented than that which has prevailed in the last 40 years. The book includes new archival footage, radio sessions, some of which even the participants themselves have not heard over the years.
Author: Nikolay Petkov
Technical Specifications
Edition 2024, 248 pages, format 165x230 (C5, larger than A5)),full color print on chrome mat, over 150 photographs and graphics