High Exposure: An Enduring Passion for Everest and Unforgiving Places (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780684865454)

For generations of resolute adventurers, from George Mallory to Sir Edmund Hillary to Jon Krakauer, Mount Everest and the world's other greatest peaks have provided the ultimate testing ground. But the question remains: Why climb? In High Exposure, elite mountaineer and acclaimed Everest filmmaker David Breashears answers with an intimate and captivating look at his life. For Breashears, climbing has never been a question of risk taking: Rather, it is the pursuit of excellence and a quest for self-knowledge. Danger comes, he argues, when ambition blinds reason. The stories this world-class climber and great adventurer tells will surprise you -- from discussions of competitiveness on the heights to a frank description of the 1996 Everest tragedy.

Author: David Breashears
ISBN-10: 0684865459
ISBN-13: 9780684865454
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Language: English
Published: 05/17/2000
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.90d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 7.7
Point Value: 18
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 45544 / High Exposure: An Enduring Passion for Everest and Unforgiving Places


Review Citation(s):
Booklist 04/01/2000 pg. 1448
Entertainment Weekly 05/26/2000 pg. 65