The Chomolungma Diaries

<p>In April 2012 Mark Horrell travelled to Tibet hoping to become if not the first person to climb Mount Everest at least the first Karl Pilkington lookalike to do so.<br /><br />He joined a mountaineering expedition which included an Australian sexagenarian two Brits whose idea of hydration meant a box of red wine and a New Zealander who enjoyed reminding his teammates of the perils of altitude sickness and the number of ways they might die on summit day.<br /><br />The media often write about Mount Everest deaths and how easy the world’s highest mountain has become to climb but how accurately does this reflect reality?<br /><br />The Chomolungma Diaries is a true story of ordinary people climbing Mount Everest with a commercial expedition and preparing for the biggest day of their lives.<br /><br />Imagine your life clipped into a narrow line of cord five miles above the earth on the world’s most terrifying ridge walk. This book will bring you just a little bit closer to that experience.</p>