The Last Mountain By Gerry Fitzgerald 9781647198350 (Paperback)

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The Last Mountain : Booklocker.com : 9781647198350 : 1647198356 : 25 Sep 2021 : The Last Mountain begins in January of 2010, with the advent of three separate expeditions created to produce the first female summiteer of all fourteen of the 8,000ers. Two of the climbers, Logan Healy, an American ex-ski racer and former model, and Chun Suek Yen, a national superstar in mountaineering-obsessed South Korea, need only the summit of K2 -- the second highest and most lethal mountain in the world, to complete the heroic feat. The expeditions of both Logan and "Sukey" are supported with near limitless resources by global sportswear/equipment companies. The quest is joined by a third participant also reaching for the acclaim and riches that would come with the Holy Grail of mountaineering, but for more personal reasons. French climber Sophie Janot, a single mother of two, is coming out of a self-imposed maternity hiatus from climbing, to attempt to summit her final three mountains - a winter cl

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