Everest
Subtitle: Summit of Achievement
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: April 22, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 252
ISBN-13: 9780743243865
Subjects: Self-Help & Practical Interests; Mountaineering; Everest, Mount (China and Nepal); Environmental Studies; Self-Help; Environmental Science; Modern - 20th Century; Subjects & Themes - Plants & Animals; History / Modern / 20th Century; General; Description and travel
First sentence: GEORGE LEIGH MALLORY'S famous answer to the question "Why climb Everest?" was "Because it's there."