The Ultimate Challenge by Chris Bonington (1973) Pamphlet

The Ultimate Challenge by Chris Bonington (1973) PamphletThis book describes an unsuccessful 1972 attempt on the South West face of Everest. Bonington and his team would later return in 1975 and complete the ascent, as told in the book Everest: The Hard Way. In 1988 a four man Slovak team made the first repeat of the route in alpine style, but tragically, all four perished on the descent. Hardcover, 352 pages with full page color and b&w photographs throughout. Book without flaw; dust jacket in excellent

Whittaker passed just a few weeks ago at time of writing

The Needles

Editor: Christian Beckwith

Hand-drawn topos

Previous owner's name on inside cover - he worked for the World Bank

60+ Routes

recommend "I-Beams of at least four inches"

Evelio Echevarria

about 20 for Portugal

and also benefits from a a nice plastic cover with foldable inner flaps and an integrated bookmark - features which were lost in later editions

as evidenced by a great many checkmarks throughout the book

with 78 plates (