Jim Whittaker

A Life on the Edge, Anniversary Edition

Memoirs of Everest and Beyond, Anniversary Edition

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The autobiography of one of America's great mountaineering heroes

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Mountaineers Books
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. März 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 261mm x 182mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 1128g
• ISBN-13: 9781594856662
• ISBN-10: 1594856664
• Artikelnr.: 36550937

Autorenporträt

Jim Whittaker's accomplishments are wide and varied: In addition to achieving the first American summit of Everest, Whittaker was the first full-time employee of Recreational Equipment Inc. (REI) and was the company's CEO until 1978. In 2012, at the age of 83, Whittaker attempted to hike to Everest Base Camp and made it to nearly 17,000 feet. He and his wife, Dianne Roberts, live in Port Townsend, Washington. Find him online at www.jimwhittaker.com.