Everest - the highest peak in the world, the ultimate challenge to a mountaineer's skill and endurance. It had been climbed before, but never like this. Chris Bonington and his team would climb it - the hard way. Everest the Hard Way is the thrilling account of a classic battle of man against nature, an exhilarating story of courage, endurance and teamwork, illustrated by sixty-four pages of breath-taking color photographs. As told by Chris Bonington, it is a story full of drama and the gritty details of the mountaineer's craft - a real-life account, with few parallels for adventure and beauty