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SHEER WILL: THE INSPIRING LIFE AND CLIMBS OF MICHAEL GROOM: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY. Michael Groom 1997 Hardcover
By Groom, Michael.
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Sydney, 1997, 1st edition. 331 pp, 73 color photos. Groom, an experienced Himalayan climber, was one of only two summiters to survive from Rob Hall's expedition to Everest in 1996. He has climbed the four highest peaks in the world without oxygen.

 
In May 1996 the author experienced desperate down-climbing conditions have re-summited Mount Everest. Jon Krakauer was in that same party. But his personal moment of greatest difficulty likely occurred 9 years before on his return from the summit of Kangchenjunga. Desperate cold adventure, crowned with achieving Everest without oxygen in 1993.
 
Three sections of colour photos. Cross paths with Rob Hall, Lincoln Hall, Lobsang Bhutia, Pete Athans, Lhakpa Chhiri, Neal Beidleman, Yasuko Namba, Veikka Gustafsson, John Coulton, Shane Chemello, and Pasang Lhamu. Learn more about crampons, couloirs, and cornices. Read about South Col, Khumbu IceFall, Mount Barney, the Hillary Step, Cho Oyu, and Yalung Glacier. Hardcover, DJ, Near Fine. 

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