Sulla cima dell'Everest

A selection of the best true stories about Everest, from the first attempts to climb it, to Mallory's disappearance while attempting to climb to the summit for the third time, to the triumph of Hillary and Tenzing, up to the disaster of recent years. Heart-pounding stories, which speak of triumph and tragedy, from the voice of those who know the highest mountain in the world and its "Death Zone" better than anyone else: the climbers who tried to challenge it. But this collection is much more than a series of first-hand testimonies: it is a true story of the conquest of Everest, an evocative portrait of the cruel beauty of Chomolungma, "the mother of the universe".