Author: Harry Farthing
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
ISBN: 1504710207
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 475
Book Description
A summit is a summit, and the truth is the truth. But the view from 8,848 meters isn’t always so clear. Two men, seventy years apart, push for the top of Mount Everest, driven by forces beyond their control and something inside that says climb. After eight successful summits, Mount Everest guide Neil Quinn is confident he can handle anything the mountain throws his way. But then disaster strikes steps from the top, leaving him with a lot of questions and a very old swastika-embellished ice axe that should never have been so high on the mountain—not if Everest’s meticulously documented history is accurate. But before Quinn can even catch his breath, the combined wrath of his vengeful employer and an angry client drives him out of the Himalayas and back to Europe, where the newly blackballed English guide struggles to make ends meet and discover the truth of what happened that fateful day. He soon uncovers the story of Josef Becker, a Nazi climber who sought the top of the world seventy years before, when Europe teetered on the brink of the Second World War. Quinn’s innocent queries into Becker’s expedition soon have neo-Nazis, assassins, and history buffs vying to take possession of the axe—proof of Nazi alpine superiority, and strong evidence that a German climber was the first to summit Mount Everest. Beautifully written and meticulously researched, Summit follows two climbers across two continents as their stories and movements intertwine across history, culminating in one final push for the top of the world.
Summit
Author: Harry Farthing
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
ISBN: 1504710207
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 475
Book Description
A summit is a summit, and the truth is the truth. But the view from 8,848 meters isn’t always so clear. Two men, seventy years apart, push for the top of Mount Everest, driven by forces beyond their control and something inside that says climb. After eight successful summits, Mount Everest guide Neil Quinn is confident he can handle anything the mountain throws his way. But then disaster strikes steps from the top, leaving him with a lot of questions and a very old swastika-embellished ice axe that should never have been so high on the mountain—not if Everest’s meticulously documented history is accurate. But before Quinn can even catch his breath, the combined wrath of his vengeful employer and an angry client drives him out of the Himalayas and back to Europe, where the newly blackballed English guide struggles to make ends meet and discover the truth of what happened that fateful day. He soon uncovers the story of Josef Becker, a Nazi climber who sought the top of the world seventy years before, when Europe teetered on the brink of the Second World War. Quinn’s innocent queries into Becker’s expedition soon have neo-Nazis, assassins, and history buffs vying to take possession of the axe—proof of Nazi alpine superiority, and strong evidence that a German climber was the first to summit Mount Everest. Beautifully written and meticulously researched, Summit follows two climbers across two continents as their stories and movements intertwine across history, culminating in one final push for the top of the world.
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
ISBN: 1504710207
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 475
Book Description
A summit is a summit, and the truth is the truth. But the view from 8,848 meters isn’t always so clear. Two men, seventy years apart, push for the top of Mount Everest, driven by forces beyond their control and something inside that says climb. After eight successful summits, Mount Everest guide Neil Quinn is confident he can handle anything the mountain throws his way. But then disaster strikes steps from the top, leaving him with a lot of questions and a very old swastika-embellished ice axe that should never have been so high on the mountain—not if Everest’s meticulously documented history is accurate. But before Quinn can even catch his breath, the combined wrath of his vengeful employer and an angry client drives him out of the Himalayas and back to Europe, where the newly blackballed English guide struggles to make ends meet and discover the truth of what happened that fateful day. He soon uncovers the story of Josef Becker, a Nazi climber who sought the top of the world seventy years before, when Europe teetered on the brink of the Second World War. Quinn’s innocent queries into Becker’s expedition soon have neo-Nazis, assassins, and history buffs vying to take possession of the axe—proof of Nazi alpine superiority, and strong evidence that a German climber was the first to summit Mount Everest. Beautifully written and meticulously researched, Summit follows two climbers across two continents as their stories and movements intertwine across history, culminating in one final push for the top of the world.
Meet Me at the Summit
Author: Mandi Lynn
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781953388025
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
For most 19-year-olds, a cross-country trip is an offer you can't refuse, but for Marly, it's the last thing she wants after losing both her parents in a car accident. Nine months after their death, Marly would rather stay home working the retail job she hates, than deal with her loss. It isn't until family and friends corner her into driving her mom's renovated 1978 VW bus from Washington to New Hampshire that Marly is forced to face her grief and understand the guilt she feels over her parents' death. Skeptical, Marly goes on the trip, warily exploring the life her parents knew she always wanted-hiking mountains and living out her photography dreams. On the way, she'll discover places and people who'll test her emotions and a guy who pushes at the walls she's so carefully built around herself. Marly must decide: can she face her deepest wounds and reclaim the life she thought was gone forever? Meet Me at the Summit is an intimate tale of grief, finding yourself after deep loss, and coming to terms with how life changes when you least expect it. It follows Marly as she both runs from and towards the emotions she has long held back regarding her parents' death. A deep, insightful look into the coming-of-age theme through a heart-breaking narrative.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781953388025
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
For most 19-year-olds, a cross-country trip is an offer you can't refuse, but for Marly, it's the last thing she wants after losing both her parents in a car accident. Nine months after their death, Marly would rather stay home working the retail job she hates, than deal with her loss. It isn't until family and friends corner her into driving her mom's renovated 1978 VW bus from Washington to New Hampshire that Marly is forced to face her grief and understand the guilt she feels over her parents' death. Skeptical, Marly goes on the trip, warily exploring the life her parents knew she always wanted-hiking mountains and living out her photography dreams. On the way, she'll discover places and people who'll test her emotions and a guy who pushes at the walls she's so carefully built around herself. Marly must decide: can she face her deepest wounds and reclaim the life she thought was gone forever? Meet Me at the Summit is an intimate tale of grief, finding yourself after deep loss, and coming to terms with how life changes when you least expect it. It follows Marly as she both runs from and towards the emotions she has long held back regarding her parents' death. A deep, insightful look into the coming-of-age theme through a heart-breaking narrative.
The Alcohol Summit
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Alcoholism
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Alcoholism
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
The Summit
Author: Gordon Korman
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 9780439411370
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Kids from all over North America vie to be the first youngest person to climb Mount Everest. When the final four reach the highest peaks, disaster strikes.
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 9780439411370
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Kids from all over North America vie to be the first youngest person to climb Mount Everest. When the final four reach the highest peaks, disaster strikes.
Magma Migration and Resupply During the 1974 Summit Eruptions of Kīlauea Volcano, Hawai'i
Author: John P. Lockwood
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780607930795
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780607930795
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Summit
Author: Robert Kott
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1439635234
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Summit, fittingly named after its location astride a rise, was built on that low ridge crossed by travelers seeking a convenient route into Americas interior. As a portal to the North American interior, Summits land has witnessed the travels and pauses of Native Americans, French explorers and missionaries, fur traders, the English, and finally Colonial Americans. To this day, it remains synonymous with unsurpassed transportation advantages, having stimulated considerable commercial, industrial, and urban growth. From its earliest hut to its latest futuristic library, Summit has played an irreplaceable role in the progress of the United States.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1439635234
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Summit, fittingly named after its location astride a rise, was built on that low ridge crossed by travelers seeking a convenient route into Americas interior. As a portal to the North American interior, Summits land has witnessed the travels and pauses of Native Americans, French explorers and missionaries, fur traders, the English, and finally Colonial Americans. To this day, it remains synonymous with unsurpassed transportation advantages, having stimulated considerable commercial, industrial, and urban growth. From its earliest hut to its latest futuristic library, Summit has played an irreplaceable role in the progress of the United States.
Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest (N.F.), Summit at Snoqualmie Master Development Plan Proposal
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
U.S. Department of Transportation's Traffic Safety Summit II
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Prosecutors, defense attorneys, judges, and highway safety professionals from around the country met in 1991 for Traffic Safety Summit II. The Summit produced 188 recommendations on all aspects of the prosecution and adjudication of traffic offenses. To assist in implementing these recommendations, then Secretary of Transportation Skinner appointed an Implementation Group, composed of the Summit working group moderators. This report describes the Implementation Group's accomplishments during its two year charter. The Implementation Group prioritized the recommendations. The highest priority recommendations fell into four major areas: training and education, records, assessment and treatment, and legislation.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Prosecutors, defense attorneys, judges, and highway safety professionals from around the country met in 1991 for Traffic Safety Summit II. The Summit produced 188 recommendations on all aspects of the prosecution and adjudication of traffic offenses. To assist in implementing these recommendations, then Secretary of Transportation Skinner appointed an Implementation Group, composed of the Summit working group moderators. This report describes the Implementation Group's accomplishments during its two year charter. The Implementation Group prioritized the recommendations. The highest priority recommendations fell into four major areas: training and education, records, assessment and treatment, and legislation.
Free Trade and the Summit of the Americas
Author:
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428967923
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 30
Book Description
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428967923
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 30
Book Description
What is Behind the Soviet Proposal for a Summit Conference?
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Soviet Union
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
The Kremlin looks upon a summit conference solely as another weapon in its program of global conquest, four experts on international communism warned in a recent staff consultation with the Committee on Un-American Activities.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Soviet Union
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
The Kremlin looks upon a summit conference solely as another weapon in its program of global conquest, four experts on international communism warned in a recent staff consultation with the Committee on Un-American Activities.