Mar 8, 2025
Chapter 1. The West Ridge Direct from Nine Lives - Expeditions to Everest (print and audio book)
Listen to Chapter one: Nine Lives – Expeditions to Everest The Direct West Ridge on Everest was first attempted by a French team in 1974, when 6 died in an avalanche. Its first ascent was by a strong Yugoslavian climbing team in 1979. Only a handful of people have ever summited the route, all part of large, talented and primarily Eastern European teams in an era when doing big hard new…