Louis W Kasischke
Author
Publisher
Good Hart Publishing LC
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
xvii, 317 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Overview: Near the top of Mount Everest, on 10 May 1996, eight climbers died. It was the worst tragedy in the mountain's history. Lou Kasischke was there. Now he tells the harrowing story of what went wrong, as it has never been told before - including why the climbers were desperately late and out of time. His personal story, captured in the title AFTER THE WIND, tells about the intense moments near the top. These moments also revealed the...