Kenton Cool is the finest alpine climber of this generation. His accomplishments are staggering. He has summited Everest twelve times. He is the first person in history to climb the three Everest peaks, the so-called Triple Crown, in one climb, a feat previously thought impossible. He was nominated for the prestigious piolet d'Or in 2004 for climbing a previously unclimbed route on Annapurna III. In 2012 he fulfilled the Olympic Games pledge of placing a 1924 gold medal on the Everest summit. He is the only Briton to have skied down two 8000-metre mountains, and in 2009 he guided Sir Ranulph Fiennes to the summit of Everest, helping to raise over £3 million for Marie Curie Cancer Care. His accomplishments are all the more extraordinary considering an incident in the summer of 1996 which tore Kenton's world apart. Whilst climbing in Wales, he broke a handhold on a route aptly called 'Major Headstress' and fell to the ground with such force that he shattered both his heel bones. Initially told he would never walk unaided again, Kenton spent four weeks in hospital, had three operations, three and a half months in a wheelchair and months of rehab. Today he is still in pain and after a long day in the mountains it's not uncommon to see him struggling to walk or moving around on his hands and knees. Yet he still climbs. 'Why do you do it?' people ask him. This book tells why.
THE LAST DAYS A WORLD FAMOUS CLIMBER CHALLENGES IN THE HIMALAYAS TAWOCHE AND MENLUNGTSE AUTHOR SIGNED COPY
John Roskelley
HODDER & STOUGHTON/HACHETTE BOOK GROUP
THE CRYSTAL MOUNTAIN EVEREST THE FIRST SOLO ASCENT AUTHOR SIGNED COPY
REINHOLD MESSNER
THE MOUNTAINEERS BOOKS
THE NAKED MOUNTAIN NAGA PARBAT BROTHER DEATH AND SOLITUDE AUTHOR SIGNED COPY
THE CROWOOD PRESS
A SLENDER THREAD ESCAPING DISASTER IN THE HIMALAYA AUTHOR SIGNED COPY
STEPHEN VENABLES
PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE GROUP
NANDA DEVI THE TRAGIC EXPEDITION AUTHOR SIGNED COPY
STACKPOLE BOOKS
ADDICTED TO DANGER AUTHOR SIGNED COPY
DOROTHY BULLITT,JIM WICKWIRE
POCKET BOOKS
MY QUEST FOR THE YETI SIGNED COPY
ST. MARTIN PRESS/PAN MACMILLAN PUBLISHERS LIMITED
KINGDOMS OF EXPERIENCE EVEREST THE UNCLIMBED RIDGE SIGNED COPY
Andrew Greig
HUTCHINSON
RUNNING THE HIMALAYAS SIGNED COPY
RICHARD CRANE,ADRIAN CRANE
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