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Facing Up

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Description for Facing Up Paperback. A remarkable journey to the summit of Mount Everest, described as 'honest and compelling' by Sir Ranulph Fiennes. Num Pages: 304 pages, 16 colour photographs. BIC Classification: 1FKAH; BGSA; BTP; WSZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 21. Weight in Grams: 236.

'No one could fail to be gripped by his heartfelt excitement and emotion over what was the adventure of a lifetime' Independent

At the age of twenty-three, Bear Grylls became one of the youngest Britons to reach the summit of Mount Everest. At extreme altitude youth holds no advantage over experience, and it is generally acknowledged that younger climbers have more difficulty coping with the adverse effects of mountaineering. Nevertheless, only two years after breaking his back in a freefall parachuting accident, Bear Grylls overcame severe weather conditions, fatigue, dehydration and a last-minute illness to stand on top of ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780330392266
SKU
V9780330392266
Shipping Time
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99-5

About Bear Grylls
Bear Grylls spent three years with the British Special Forces. During this time he had a horrendous parachuting accident in southern Africa, breaking his back in three places. Two years later he overcame the odds to become one of the youngest British climbers ever to reach the summit of Mount Everest, and this story forms the basis for his bestselling ... Read more

Reviews for Facing Up
No one could fail to be gripped by his heartfelt excitement and emotion over what was the adventure of a lifetime.
Independent
Bear's tale is by turns hilarious and horrific.
Daily Telegraph
Written with refreshing humility, this is a briskly told account, not of conquering Everest, but of realizing its power.
Daily Mail
A ... Read more

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