Fragile Edge, Loss on Everest

Nobody has written more eloquently about the human side of high altitude
mountaineering then Maria Coffey. In this new edition of Fragile Edge, she
describes her love affair with elite British mountaineer Joe Tasker, who
perished with his partner Peter Boardman while attempting Everest`s then
unclimbed Northeast Ridge in 1982.
Coffey relives her experiences, first within the hard-partying mountaineering
scene and then during her long journey to understanding and acceptance of the
tragedy that cost her the man she loved. She gives us an insider`s view of the
life of a world-class mountaineer and recounts her deeply moving pilgrimage
with Boardman`s widow across Tibet; a journey which retraced Tasker and
Boardman`s steps to their abandoned Advance Base Camp at 21,000 feet on
Everest.