Everest 
Subtitle: A Mountaineering History
Edition: 3 edition
Publisher: Mountaineers Books
Published: February 15, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 789
ISBN-13: 9780898866704
Subjects: Sports & Recreation; History: American; HIS; HIS029000; Everest, Mount (China and Nepal); History; North American; Everest, Mount (China and Nepa; Mountaineering
First sentence: The first tentative steps towards Himalayan climbing were taken in 1879 and 1883 when the Hungarian mountaineer Von Dechy and the Englishman W.W. Graham paid their respective visits.