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GRYLLS, BEAR: : FACING UP: A Remarkable Journey to the Summit of Mount Everest. [Author SIGNED copy.]

LONDON.MACMILLAN,2000.

ISBN 0333780701.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn.FINE/VG+. No owner inscrptn,no price-clip to dw/dj;and author SIGNED - without dedication - to title page.Crisp,clean,glossy laminated colour photographic illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and minimal creasing to edges - no major nicks,tears or splits present.Head+foot of spine/backstrip minisculely bumped with reciprocal creases.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight and near pristine. Bright,clean,dark blue cloth boards with bright, blocked silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip with clean,plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+ dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn,vii-xiv+1-289pp [paginated] includes half-title,author SIGNED title-page,b/w illus frntis maps+illus list, Upper Himalaya foothills b/w map,foreword,8pp contemporary colour and scenic photographs - includes two double-page photographs - between pp130/31,18 chapters,a postscript and appendices. Every year the death toll on Mount Everest's perilous slopes rises.For every six mountaineers who make it to the top,one will die.These victims remain frozen in the world above 26,000 ft - what is chillingly known amongst climbers as 'the Death Zone'.Bear Grylls is the youngest British climber to reach the summit and return alive. This feat is made all the more remarkable by the fact that only two years earlier,whilst serving with the British Army,he broke his back in a freefall parachuting accident in southern Africa.Miraculously,he was not paralysed.Having spent months in a military rehabilitation centre,he made a determined recovery to face the severity of Everest. Bear endured over seventy days on Everest's south-east face,and only narrowly avoided death when he fell into a crevasse at 19,000ft.At the age of twenty-three he overcame the extreme weather conditions and months of limited sleep to stand on top of the world's highest mountain. 'Facing Up' is a personal story of courage, humour,friendship and faith.Consistently engaging and beautifully written,Bear Grylls has an inspirational tale to tell. Please contact seller,because of the weight of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence, then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn.
SIGNED without dedication.

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