Lucky To Be Alive: A First Expedition To The Himalayas

"Climb a mountain and prove to yourself you’re really alive— if you don’t kill yourself in the process!" How do you organise a first ascent of an unclimbed mountain peak? Join Angela Benham on her first climbing expedition to the Indian Himalayas—that so nearly ended in tragedy—and find out. Share the conflicts and the fears, the frustrations and the pain. Revel in the humour and the joy, the excitement and the thrills—not to mention the innumerable meetings! Pick your way through the maze of moraine and with her reach the vir-gin summit of Shambhu Ka Qilla – the Fortress of Shiva. In reading Lucky To Be Alive: A First Expedition to the Himalayas you will discover the meaning of ‘good luck’.