{"product_id":"9780143573234","title":"Lydia Bradey: Going Up Is Easy","description":"Author: Fearnley, Laurence\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780143573234\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Penguin NZ\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 27 May 2015\u003cbr\u003ePages: 272 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eProvocative, stirring, and beautifully co-written by novelist Laurence Fearnley, \u003ci\u003eLydia Bradey: Going Up is Easy\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of how one woman took on the mountaineering world and won. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eProvocative, stirring, and beautifully co-written by novelist Laurence Fearnley, \u003ci\u003eLydia Bradey: Going Up is Easy\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of how one woman took on the mountaineering world and won. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1988, Lydia Bradey became the first woman to climb Mount Everest without supplementary oxygen. She made the ascent alone and to date she is the only New Zealander to have made an oxygen-free ascent. Her climb was a truly remarkable achievement but also an internationally controversial one.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eGoing Up is Easy\u003c\/b\u003e details for the first time the events surrounding Bradey's historic feat, as well as her many hair-raising expeditions through Alaska, Bhutan, Nepal, Pakistan, India, China, Europe, and New Zealand.\u003cbr\u003e In the spirit of John Krakauer's \u003ci\u003eInto Thin Air\u003c\/i\u003e or Joe Simpson's \u003ci\u003eTouching the Void\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003cb\u003eGoing Up is Easy\u003c\/b\u003e celebrates a life lived on the edge. Through her stories, we encounter a woman propelled by curiosity and passion to become one of the greatest female high-altitude adventurers of recent times.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Co-written with acclaimed novelist Laurence Fearnley, a long-time friend of Bradey, and stunningly illustrated throughout, \u003cb\u003eGoing Up is Easy\u003c\/b\u003e is a life story by turns dramatic, tender, funny, frank and inspiring.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eLydia Bradey\u003c\/b\u003e is one of Australasia's foremost high-altitude mountaineers. Beginning her alpine career in the 1970s, she made her first ascent of Aoraki\/Mount Cook while still a teenager. Following her dream to become a climber, she travelled to Alaska, Nepal, Bhutan and Pakistan, where, in 1987, she became the first Australasian woman to climb an 8000-metre peak, Gasherbrum 2. In 1988, she made a historic ascent of Mount Everest, becoming the first woman to reach the summit without supplementary oxygen. Employed as a professional mountain guide, she has made two further ascents of Everest as well as climbed and guided extensively throughout Nepal, Pakistan, Antarctica, South America, Africa and Europe. She lives at Lake Hawea, Otago, with her partner - and fellow mountain guide - Dean Staples.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Also available as an eBook","brand":"Print on demand - Ships in 1 to 3 months","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67445907652766,"sku":"UBD-9780143573234","price":32.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780143573234.jpg?v=1790749933","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780143573234","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}