In 1986, as part of a Canadian team, Sharon Wood became the first woman from the Americas to summit Mount Everest--and the first woman in the world to do so via the West Ridge from Tibet and without Sherpa support. But it's how she got there that is truly compelling. In Rising, the personal motivat
Flying Off Everest: A Journey from the Summit to the Sea
โ Scribed by Costello, Dave
- Book ID
- 107901883
- Publisher
- Lyons Press
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 701 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781493009152
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