Grylls, Bear
Facing Up
- ISBN 13:
- 9780330392266
- author:
- Grylls, Bear
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Pan
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2001
- Pages:
- 304
- Dimensions:
- 13 x 1.9 x 19.7 centimetres (0.2
- Genre:
- Biography: sport
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Bear Grylls recounts his remarkable journey to the summit of Mount Everest in this honest and compelling account.
At just 23 years old, Bear Grylls became one of the youngest Britons to reach the top of the world's highest mountain. Despite being severely injured two years earlier, he overcame extreme weather conditions, fatigue, dehydration, and a last-minute illness to stand on the summit.
This is not just a story of adventure and courage, but also of friendship, faith, and the realization of the power of nature.
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