TY  - BOOK
AU  - Caesar,Ed
TI  - The moth and the mountain: a true story of love, war, and Everest 
SN  - 9781501143373
PY  - 2020///
CY  - New York
PB  - Avid Reader Press
KW  - Wilson, Maurice,
KW  - Mountaineers
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - Biography
KW  - Air pilots
KW  - Mountaineering
KW  - Everest, Mount (China and Nepal)
KW  - History
KW  - Biographies
KW  - lcgft
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-258)
N2  - "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
ER  -