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An outrageously funny spoof about the ascent of a 40,000-and-a-half foot peak, now in Vintage Classics. Introduction by Bill Bryson.
Synopsis
Tells how led by the reliably under-insightful Binder, a team of seven British men including Dr Prone (constantly ill); Jungle the route finder (constantly lost), Constant the diplomat (constantly arguing) and 3,000 Yogistani porters, set out to conquer the highest peak in the Himalayas.