What makes a good explorer? Adaptability, ambition, stamina, self-confidence, curiosity, optimism, authority-and fund-raising ability. Though few of us will ever have to face a charging elephant, or survive solely on penguin stew, when...

"Everest 1953: The Epic Story of the First Ascent" von Mick Conefrey erzählt die fesselnde Geschichte der ersten erfolgreichen Besteigung des Mount Everest. Das Buch beleuchtet die Herausforderungen und Triumphe der britischen Expedition...