01119nam a22001577a 4500008004100000020002300041041000900064082001700073100004800090245005900138250001200197260004500209300003300254520065500287650001900942241123b        |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a9780446385169qpbk  aEng.  a796.522bBAS  aBass, Dick ; Wells, Frank ; Ridgeway, Rick   aSeven summitsc/ Dick Bass, Frank Wells, Rick Ridgeway  a1st ed.  aNew YorkbGrand Central Publishingc1988  aix, 336 p.b: ill.c; 24 cm.  aTwo Undaunted Men Frank Wells was the head of a major motion picture studio. Dick Bass had made his fortune as an energy and resort entrepreneur. In middle age, both men left behind home, family, and successful careers to share an impossible dream. Seven Unconquered Summits The challenge: be the first to climb the highest mountain on each of seven continents, from McKinley to Kilimanjaro to Everest. The obstacles: many and merciless, from ice storms to illness to a measurement question that threatened to make their record-breaking expedition a sham. The prize: the sheer, exhilarating triumph of standing at the top of every continent on earth.  aMountaineering