{"product_id":"everest-kangshung-face-9780330315593","title":"Everest: Kangshung Face","description":"\u003cp\u003eEvery day  the path up the South Col route to the summit of Everest becomes a little more worn by the tread of dozens of package-tour climbers  but few dare to try the East  or Kangshung  Face  a sheer  avalanche-swept wall of snow and ice only first conquered in 1983. Five years later  Stephen Venables intensified the challenge by leading three unknown American climbers up the East Face - this time without oxygen. The question to most climbing experts wasnt whether they would summit  but whether they would live. They nearly didnt Everest: Alone at the Summit is Venables rousing account of one of the greatest feats of twentieth century mountaineering  a triumph over doubt  the elements and the limits of human endurance that has never been repeated. \"Climbers or not  all will be interested in this mountaineering thriller of a tiny band pulling off an incredible victory-an account so stirring it will be put down only to obtain a moments breather.\" -- American Alpine Journal\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45651787153461,"sku":"ByrdShop_0330315595","price":255.67,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780330315593.jpg?v=1781840755","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/everest-kangshung-face-9780330315593","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}