{"product_id":"the-boys-of-everest-chris-bonington-and-the-tragedy-of-climbings-greatest-generation-paperback","title":"The Boys of Everest: Chris Bonington and the Tragedy of Climbing's Greatest Generation - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eClint Willis\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e -The exploits of mountaineering's most colorful band of adventurers \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Boys of Everest\u003c\/i\u003e by Clint Willis tells the gripping story of \"Bonington's Boys,\" a band of climbers who reinvented mountaineering during the three decades after Everest's first ascent. It is a story of tremendous courage, astonishing achievement, and heartbreaking loss. Chris Bonington's inner circle included a dozen of mountaineering's most legendary figures--Don Whillans, John Harlin, Dougal Haston, Doug Scott, Peter Boardman, Joe Tasker, and others--who together gave birth to a new brand of climbing. They took increasingly challenging risks on now-legendary expeditions to the world's most fearsome peaks--and they paid an enormous price. Most of them died in the mountains, leaving behind the hardest question of all: was it worth it? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003e\"Willis's classy style turns reportage into literature . . . Bonington's Boys come across as raw, anguished souls . . . As Willis describes in his artful prose, their suffering is not just a means to an end (the summit), it is an end.\"\u003c\/i\u003e -The New York Times \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003e\"A gripping adventure saga . . .\"\u003c\/i\u003e-Publishers Weekly \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003e\"A death-haunted saga of the scalers of heaven . . .\" \u003c\/i\u003e-Kirkus Reviews \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003e\"Mr. Willis tells a story that is gripping and poignant and even appalling . . .\" \u003c\/i\u003e-The Wall Street Journal\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 560\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.4 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 15, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42730177364031,"sku":"9781680510874","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/2fd10e6d47f3b100a8780c4978f9254a.webp?v=1765125124","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/the-boys-of-everest-chris-bonington-and-the-tragedy-of-climbings-greatest-generation-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}