To the top!
S.A. Kramer
Describes how Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norkey became the first human beings to reach the top of the world by climbing Mount Everest.
Read Time: ~3.7 hr
Stories Off the Wall
by John Roskelley (1993)
About this book
Climber, photographer, and author John Roskelley has succeededon scores of technically difficult ascents, climed three 8,000-meter peaks, and been on more successful expeditions than any other American mountaineer. Like most legends, he is surrounded by his share of myths. But as Roskelley describes moments from his personal and professional life in Stories Off the Wall, he reveals he'as as down-to-earth as they come. From dust jacket.
Setting / LocationGlobal
Story EraModern Era
Protagonist / CoreStories Off the Wall Lead Character
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