{"product_id":"2026100011165-secondhand-everest-the-cruel-way","title":"Everest The Cruel Way","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Worn\/faded, no tears\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the shadow of the world's highest peak, where the air is thin and the margin between life and death is razor-thin, Joe Tasker's Everest the Cruel Way chronicles one of mountaineering's most audacious and punishing expeditions — a small, lightweight British team's winter attempt on Everest's fearsome West Ridge, a route so savage it had defeated every prior challenger. Without the logistical safety net of large, siege-style expeditions, Tasker and his companions confronted hurricane-force winds, brutal sub-zero temperatures, and the ever-present spectre of avalanche and altitude sickness, pushing themselves to the absolute limits of human endurance in pursuit of an almost impossibly ambitious goal.\n\nTasker writes with the spare, unflinching authority of a man who has stared into the abyss and chosen to keep climbing, and his narrative is as much a meditation on obsession, brotherhood, and the compulsion to test oneself against nature's most indifferent forces as it is a gripping account of high-altitude adventure. A celebrated figure in the golden age of British alpinism alongside peers such as Peter Boardman and Doug Scott, Tasker illustrates with quiet power why mountaineers return again and again to the mountains despite — or perhaps because of — the crushing cost. Everest the Cruel Way stands as an essential testament to the human spirit, leaving the reader to ponder what it truly means to pursue greatness at any price.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50573058769115,"sku":"2026100011165-SECONDHAND","price":20.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/68933fdf-fd30-4f29-83aa-56435aa91d5d.png?v=1791167723","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100011165-secondhand-everest-the-cruel-way","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}