New York, 1979, 1st edition. 244 pp, 8 plates. 1976 American Bicentennial Everest Expedition was only the second American expedition to make the top. Chandler and Cormack summited. Hardcover, DJ, Near Fine-Fine.
The odds were against this group of mostly amateurs achieving the ultimate mountaineer's triumph--reaching the summit of Mount Everest, the world's highest peak. But two of the 12 climbers did so, including Chris Chandler, a doctor who lives on Vashon Island.
Ridgeway's book is a detailed account of the 1976 American Bicentennial Everest Expedition, of which he was a member. The Boldest Dream captures human stamina stretched to it's maximum on the trek to and climb up the mountain. The group carved a route through the dangerous icefall at Everest's base in four days, a time rivaling the record of any other expedition.
