Thin Air

* This classic established Child as one of the great mountaineering writers of our time
* Describes Child''s apprenticeship to such climbing legends as Doug Scott, Don Whillans, and Alan Rouse
* Written with a keen eye for detail, a firm sense of drama and, of course, wit

Climbing a Himalayan peak was the stuff of Greg Child''s wildest dreams. Then in the late 1970s came a surprise berth on an exped...