Includes bibliographical references (pages 389-412) and index

Prologue -- PART 1. Paths to Obsession. Among the dead -- Moscow rules -- Haut monde -- The redheaded stepchild of product testing -- Damnable heresy -- PART 2. Ascending. Into the abode of snow -- The miracle highway -- Fani -- The day Everest broke -- PART 3. Beyond All -- Kam -- English air -- Above the brink -- High endeavors -- Home

"Veteran climber Mark Synnott never planned on climbing Mount Everest, but a hundred-year mystery lured him into an expedition--and an awesome history of passionate adventure, chilling tragedy, and human aspiration unfolded"--