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Starlight and Storm: The Conquest of the Great North Faces of the Alps
Starlight and Storm: The Conquest of the Great North Faces of the Alps
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Starlight and Storm: The Conquest of the Great North Faces of the Alps - Paperback

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by Gaston Rebuffat (Author), David Roberts (Introduction by), John Hunt (Translator)

Author Biography

Gaston Rébuffat was born on May 7, 1921, in Marseilles, France. He was a recipient of France's prestigious Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur. He died in Paris on May 31, 1985.

David Roberts is the award-winning author of more than 25 books on mountaineering, adventure, and Western history and anthropology. Some of his works include Great Exploration Hoaxes and The Lost World of the Old Ones. He is a veteran mountain climber who has written for National Geographic, National Geographic Adventure, and Smithsonian. Roberts lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

John Hunt led the first successful ascent of Mount Everest in 1953 with Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay. With Wilfrid Noyce, he translated Gaston Rébuffat's Starlight and Storm. He died in 1998.

Wilfrid Noyce was part of the first successful ascent of Mount Everest in 1953 with Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay. With John Hunt, he translated Gaston Rébuffat's Starlight and Storm. He died in 1962 while climbing the Pamir Mountains.
Number of Pages: 272
Dimensions: 0.8 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN
Illustrated: Yes
Publication Date: September 07, 1999
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Quiz Name: Starlight and Storm
Interest Level: Upper Grades, 9-12
Reading Level: 7.4
Point Value: 8
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