In this book renowned mountaineer alan hinkes relates his experiences of climbing the highest mountains known to man the success and failures the expeditions and partners the beauty harshness and danger of earths loftiest environs the first british climber to reach all 14 of the worlds peaks over 8000m and the 15th person ever to do so his 2005 summit of kangchenjunga was the crowning achievement of an 18 year journey joining the elite few who have completed global mountaineerings m