Other editions of book To Everest via Antarctica

This is the amazing story of seven summits solo - how an American living in New Zealand set out to climb the highest peak on each of the world's seven continents. En route to Everest, Anderson climbed solo the other highest summits on six continents. In the end, after several previous attempts, atrocious weather in early September 1995 kept Anderson from the summit of Everest. The final prize remained beyond his grasp. This book is the story of those climbs. But it is also a travel adventure book, full of colour and wit. From the plains of Africa to the snows of Antarctica, it contains more laughs than it seems possible the danger could ever permit. With a foreword by Sir Edmund Hillary.

The author tells how he set out with the intention of becoming the first person to climb the highest peak in each of the world's seven continents, unaccompanied. Late in 1995 he hoped to complete the feat by reaching the summit of Everest without oxygen (only two people had ever achieved this), but after several attempts he was foiled by atrocious weather. This is not just an account of the climbs, but an often humorous travel book, ranging from the plains of Africa to the snows of Antarctica.