The moth and the mountain : a true story of love, war, and Everest /
Caesar, Ed,
The moth and the mountain : a true story of love, war, and Everest / Ed Caesar. - First Reader Press hardcover edition. - xxiv, 259 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-258).
"In the 1930s, as official government expeditions set their sights on conquering Mount Everest, a little-known World War I veteran named Maurice Wilson conceives his own crazy, beautiful plan: he will fly a plane from England to Everest, crash-land on its lower slopes, then become the first person to reach its summit--all utterly alone. Wilson doesn't know how to climb. He barely knows how to fly. But he has the right plane, the right equipment, and a deep yearning to achieve his goal. In 1933, he takes off from London in a Gipsy Moth biplane with his course set for the highest mountain on earth. Wilson's eleven-month journey to Everest is wild: full of twists, turns, and daring. Eventually, in disguise, he sneaks into Tibet. His icy ordeal is just beginning."--Amazon.
9781501143373 1501143379
Wilson, Maurice, 1898-1934.
Mountaineers--Great Britain--Biography.
Air pilots--Great Britain--Biography.
Mountaineering--History.--Everest, Mount (China and Nepal)
Biographies.
The moth and the mountain : a true story of love, war, and Everest / Ed Caesar. - First Reader Press hardcover edition. - xxiv, 259 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-258).
"In the 1930s, as official government expeditions set their sights on conquering Mount Everest, a little-known World War I veteran named Maurice Wilson conceives his own crazy, beautiful plan: he will fly a plane from England to Everest, crash-land on its lower slopes, then become the first person to reach its summit--all utterly alone. Wilson doesn't know how to climb. He barely knows how to fly. But he has the right plane, the right equipment, and a deep yearning to achieve his goal. In 1933, he takes off from London in a Gipsy Moth biplane with his course set for the highest mountain on earth. Wilson's eleven-month journey to Everest is wild: full of twists, turns, and daring. Eventually, in disguise, he sneaks into Tibet. His icy ordeal is just beginning."--Amazon.
9781501143373 1501143379
Wilson, Maurice, 1898-1934.
Mountaineers--Great Britain--Biography.
Air pilots--Great Britain--Biography.
Mountaineering--History.--Everest, Mount (China and Nepal)
Biographies.