The kid who climbed Everest
Subtitle: the incredible story of a 23-year-old's Summit of Mt. Everest
By: Bear Grylls
Edition: 1st Lyons Press ed.
Publisher: Lyons Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 283
ISBN-13: 9781585742509
Subjects: Mountaineers; Biography; Mountaineering
Work titles: Facing up
Description: Bear Grylls describes his long recovery from a British Army accident and his subsequent trek up Mount Everest, upon which he became the youngest Englishman to reach the summit, at the age of twenty-one.
Notes: Published in the United Kingdom under the title: Facing up.
Table of contents: title: Desert plunge; title: Reaching out; title: A world apart; title: Moving mountains; title: Among the giants; title: Last call; title: Breaking the ice; title: Warning shots; title: Brothers in arms; title: Easter on the ice; title: Make or break; title: Summit fever; title: Torn apart; title: Stone's throw; title: Alone; title: Above the clouds; title: Borrowed time; title: Why.