The Will to Climb: The Boy Who Dared to Climb Mt Everest
- ISBN-10
- 098034350X
- ISBN-13
- 9780980343502
- Category
- Everest, Mount (China and Nepal)
- Pages
- 281
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2007
- Author
- Richard Harris
Description
This is the true story of gripping life and death battles that took place on the 2006 Everest Expedition. Christopher Harris, at just eight-years-of-age, started mountaineering with his father Richard. It was on their very first mountain that they made the decision to climb the highest mountain on each of the world's seven continents. Christopher is still the youngest person to ever have climbed Mt Cook. The first section of the book includes an overview of the first six climbs. The second section discusses the Mt Everest expedition.To climb Everest, the highest mountain was Christopher's ultimate dream. This dream became a reality when businessman/adventurer Dick Smith funded an expedition. A successful climb by Christopher would make him the youngest person to summit Mt Everest.Author's previous publicity Richard Harris has written articles for newspapers and magazines, including Australian Geographic.He has made countless appearances on television both in Australia and around the world, some were exclusives. Richard has also spoken on radio stations throughout Australia, including interviews by the late Richard Carlton, Alan Jones and the ABC national radio show Australia All Over. At times these interviews were from a foreign country, such as when Richard and Christopher summited Mt Aconcagua in Argentina.
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