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2 unusual facts about Ed Viesturs


2008 K2 disaster

"I can just about imagine how you might pull it off," writes Ed Viesturs in K2: Life and Death on the World's Most Dangerous Mountain.

Hidden Expedition Everest

Second, Hidden Expedition: Everest features world class mountaineer, Ed Viesturs, to help you with tips and advice throughout game play.


Broadway Books

Notable memoirs include Eric Clapton’s Clapton, the bestselling rock autobiography of all time, the New York Times bestsellers Escape by Carolyn Jessop and No Shortcuts to the Top by climber Ed Viesturs, as well as Tuesdays With Morrie by Mitch Albom and Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried.

Peter Athans

He is best known for being, with Dave Hahn, William Crouse, and Ed Viesturs, one of only four non-Sherpa (as of May 18th, 2013) to summit Mount Everest seven times, and has been given the moniker "Mr. Everest".


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