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Book SynopsisIt seemed like any other season on Mount Everest. Ten expeditions from around the world were preparing for their summit push, gathered together to try for mountaineering''s ultimate prize. Twenty-four hours later, eight of those climbers were dead, victims of the most devastating storm ever to hit Everest. On the North face of the mountain, a British expedition found itself in the thick of the drama. Against all odds, film-maker Matt Dickinson and professional climber Alan Hinkes managed to battle through hurricane-force winds to reach the summit. In
Death Zone, Matt Dickinson describes the extraordinary event that put the disaster on the front cover of
Time and
Newsweek. The desperate attempts of teams on the southern side of the mountain, fatal errors that led to the deaths of three Indian climbers on the North Ridge and the moving story of Rob Hall, the New Zealand guide who stayed with his stricken client, and paid with his life. Based on interviews with the su
Trade ReviewDickinson's book reads like a thriller, pacy and exciting, [...] a real page turner * The Guardian *
A gripping account of filming - and surviving - in the death zone * Mail on Sunday *
Takes off like an F-16...After the first chapter I was starving for more and had trouble putting the book down * Wanderlust *
