CONTENTS

1. Preface
2. Acknowledgements
3. Foreword by Sir John Hunt
4. The Height of Everest
5. Chapter 1 – After the Storm
6. Chapter 2 – From Ocean to Plateau
7. Chapter 3 – The Kharta Valley
8. Chapter 4 – Langma La
9. Chapter 5 – Neverest Buttress
10. Chapter 6 – The Crevasse
11. Chapter 7 – Snakes and Ladders
12. Chapter 8 – South Col
13. Chapter 9 – Summit Fever
14. Chapter 10 – Escape
15. Chapter 11 – A Gentler Spirit
16. Epilogue
17. Appendix I – The Expedition Sponsors
18. Appendix II – The Team
19. Appendix III – The Expedition Diary
20. Appendix IV – Climbing at Extreme Altitude Without Oxygen
21. Photographs and Maps