The Hunt for Mount Everest

Tense and detailed … A lively and useful addition to the shelves of Everestiana – John KeayA rich and fascinating book that tells the story of Everest in glimpses from unexpected angles, revealing one face then another, discovering surprising new routes through well-trodden terrain. Getting to the top isn’t the point - the point is the mountain itself – Nick HuntA very readable and entertaining account of the earliest days of Everest, with a cast of great characters and driving narrative which reaches a terrific climax in 1921 – Mick ConefreyA compelling account of the essential back story to the epic 20th century attempt by British mountaineering expeditions to ascend the world’s highest mountain … This is great mountaineering history – Maurice Isserman * co-author of Fallen Giants *To climb the world’s highest mountain was one thing; to find it quite another. In this compelling new contribution to the cultural history of mountaineering, Storti composes the definitive back story of Mount Everest – Stewart Weaver * co-author of Fallen Giants *Craig Storti has given us the Everest book that we’ve needed all along … The Hunt for Mount Everest is the necessary, and admirably written, historical prelude to the great age of Himalayan mountaineering – Scott EllsworthAn entertaining and enlightening account of how the British identified the highest mountain, ensured that it was their preserve, and made the first attempt to climb it. – Peter Gillman

Craig Storti is founder and co-director of Communicating Across Cultures, a Washington DC-based intercultural communication training and consulting firm. With work appearing in the Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, and Chicago Tribune, he is the author of six books. Having lived nearly a quarter of his life abroad, he lives now in Maryland.

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