num_pages: 224
description: May 10, 1996, a sixteen year old Mark Pfetzer huddles his tent at 26,000 feet, waiting for his turn to attempt Everest's summit. As a fierce storm descends on the camp, a frightening realization dawns on Mark and his many of the climbers who summitted that afternoon have not yet returned. By morning the storm has claimed eight lives - and Mark's long-dreamed-of summit day has become one of the bleakest days in mountaineering history. This is Mark's fascinating first-person account of his Everest experience, in which he takes us past the ever shifting Kjumbu Icefall, over three-hundred-foot crevasses, and up to the high altitude "Death Zone." His story is a dazzling saga of willpower and achievement, and a celebration of the strength that guides men and women through impossibly daring dreams. 224 pages
language: English
title: Within Reach: My Everest Story
titlecomplete: Within Reach: My Everest Story
genres: Adventure, Mountaineering, Survival, Middle Grade, Biography, School, Sports, Memoir, Nonfiction, Climbing
ratings_count: 905
publisher: Puffin Books