High Exposure : An Enduring Passion for Everest and Other Unforgiving Places book cover
Everest Photographer's Memoir

High Exposure : An Enduring Passion for Everest and Other Unforgiving Places

by David Breashears, Jon Krakaeur

Publisher: Canongate Books

Paperback ISBN: 9781841953908 20 Mar 2003 214 x 135 (mm) 328g

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For generations of adventurers, from Mallory to Hillary, Norgay to Krakauer, Mount Everest and the world's greatest peaks have provided the ultimate testing ground. But as the public's fascination with mountaineering reaches an all-time high, the question remains - why climb?

In High Exposure, legendary rock climber, mountaineer and film-maker David Breashears answers with a captivating and intimate look at his life, during which he has scaled many of the world's highest peaks, including two successful ascents of Everest.