Ebook: A Life on the Edge
Author: Whittaker Jim
- Tags: Mountaineering accidents--Everest Mount (China and Nepal), Mountaineers--United States, Mountaineering accidents, Mountaineers, Biographies, Biography, Whittaker Jim -- 1929-, Mountaineers -- United States -- Biography, Mountaineering accidents -- Everest Mount (China and Nepal), Everest Mount (China and Nepal), Asia -- Mount Everest, United States
- Year: 2013
- Publisher: The Mountaineers Books
- City: Everest;Mount (China and Nepal);United States;Asia;Mount Everest
- Edition: Second edition
- Language: English
- epub
"My father's greatest living heroes were John Glenn and Jim Whittaker—a physical giant with a huge heart, a decent soul, and inspirational courage. We can all be grateful that Whittaker has finally put his extraordinary life on paper. Whittaker's story is a riveting saga of high adventure by one of history's greatest climbers." –Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
In May of 1963 Seattle mountaineer Jim Whittaker stepped into world history by becoming the first American to summit Mount Everest. Fifty years later, he is still regarded as a seminal figure in North American mountaineering, as well as an astute businessman who helped create the outdoor recreation industry.
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