There is certainly but one aim: the summit, the summit of Mount Everest.

What starts with a trouble-free trek into the Nepalese highlands explodes into a gripping tale of hardship, peril, and adversity. Forced beyond their physical and mental limitations, climbers stop by the wayside. Their primal instincts for survival struggle with their dogged take care of to drag themselves to the very best of the world. But the focus remains: battle towards the summit, and if effective, somehow reunite down again.

White plunges the approximately Ascent into Hell listener into a property of subzero temperatures, asphyxiating air, and ever increasing danger. Base Camp as well as the Himalayan globe above it come to life within this riveting, true novel. The internal workings of an Everest expedition group and what it takes to climb the world’s highest hill are laid bare. Some come back from the death zone harmed. Some usually do not come back in any way.

Success and failure vie for supremacy throughout.

This personal, day-by-day chronicle takes the listener along every step of an Everest climb. Essential for climbing fans, lovers of adventure, and extreme sport junkies; the closing chapters will keep you breathless.