DescriptionPublished by Mainstream Publishing, 2011, 1st Edition Softback, spine creases, V.G. In May 1996, ‘eight climbers perished in what remains the worst disaster in Everest’s history’. The story is well documented in Jon Krakauer’s international bestseller Into Thin Air and many other books. However, Ratcliffe, the first British climber to reach the summit of Everest twice and a first-hand witness of the disaster, provides new information which questions the story portrayed by previous accounts and the IMAX film Everest.
