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description: As he teetered on a narrow rock ledge a yak's bellow short of the stratosphere with a rubber mask strapped to his face a pair of mittens the size of a sealion's flippers and a drop of two kilometres below him it's fair to say Mark Horrell wasn't entirely happy with the situation he found himself in.He was an ordinary hiker who had only read books about mountaineering and little did he know when he signed up for an organised trek in Nepal with a group of elderly ladies that ten years later he would be attempting to climb the world's highest mountain.But as he travelled across the Himalayas Andes Alps and East Africa following in the footsteps of the pioneers he dreamed up a seven-point plan to gain the skills and experience which could turn a wild idea into reality.Funny incisive and heartfelt his journey provides a refreshingly honest portrait of the joys and torments of a modern-day Everest climber.
language: English
title: Seven Steps from Snowdon to Everest: A hill walker's journey to the top of the world
publisher: Mountain Footsteps Press