Three Incredible Books About (Trying to) Summit Mt. Everest
True tales of danger and death, but rarely success
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8 min readApr 9, 2021
“There is a popular story telling how one day in 1852, the Bengali chief computer of the Survey of India rushed into the office of his superior, Sir Andrew Waugh, shouting, ‘Sir! Sir! I’ve discovered the highest mountain in the world!’”
