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In the 1930s, as official government expeditions set their sights on conquering Everest, a little-known World War I veteran named Maurice Wilson conceived his own crazy, beautiful plan: he would fly a Gipsy Moth aeroplane from England to Everest, crash land on its lower slopes, then become the first person to reach its summit - all utterly alone
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The Moth and the Mountain, Ed Caesar
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- Released
- 2020
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- Language
- English
- Authors
- Ed Caesar
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Released
- 2020
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 320
- ISBN10
- 0241262313
- ISBN13
- 9780241262313
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Historical Themes, History, Maps & Travel, True Stories, Biographies, Travel, Adventure, Mountaineering
- Rating
- 3.95 out of 5
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- In the 1930s, as official government expeditions set their sights on conquering Everest, a little-known World War I veteran named Maurice Wilson conceived his own crazy, beautiful plan: he would fly a Gipsy Moth aeroplane from England to Everest, crash land on its lower slopes, then become the first person to reach its summit - all utterly alone