Winter 8000 by Bernadette McDonald (2020) California 1865 was the year Edward

1865 was the year Edward Whymper and his team of local guides triumphed on the Matterhorn - only to be beset by tragedy on the way down

with color pictures printed on the inside boards and front and back endpapers

San Francisco Bay Area Bouldering + Climbing

Detailed Supertopo guide to 59 big routes at Washington Pass

Winter 8000 by Bernadette McDonald (2020) California 1865 was the year EdwardClimbing the world's highest mountains in the coldest season. An almost complete history of mountaineering on the 8,000 meter peaks in winter. I say almost complete because the Nepalis bagged K2 in winter in 2021, shortly after this book was published. K2 was the last of the 14 8,000 meter peaks to remain unsummited in winter. Climbing the 8000er in winter is a peculiar obsession, drawing only the most hardcore from across the world. The Poles have a