THE BURGESS BOOK OF LIES

Bad-boy identical twins Adrian and Alan Burgess have climbed together from the
Alps to the Himalayas, from Patagonia to McKinley. They began climbing as
youngsters in their native Yorkshire. Three decades later, they have become
legends in the international climbing community, renowned not only for their
strength and skill on the world’s most challenging peaks but also for the
raucous energy and devil-may-care exuberance they exhibit off the mountain.

Follow them on their many adventures: Summiting a 20,000 foot peak alone,
without any rope, shedding crampons for the last thirty feet. Inciting a

barroom brawl, the air full of flying chairs, potted plants, and bottles.
Suspended from a cornice as an avalanche explodes above, almost vomiting from
frightnterrified the ropes will be cut. Standing helpless as a Sherpa sweeps
past, a mere arm’s length away, to death far below. Settling down to a life of
foxhunts and debutante balls in Colorado, sans pedigree.