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Matt Dickinson is a British film-maker and writer who is best known for his documentary work for Discovery Channel, National Geographic and the BBC. In 1996, Dickinson became the first British film-maker to film from the top of Mount Everest and return alive. His documentary film about this ill-fated expedition, Summit Fever, has been critically acclaimed worldwide. He has written a number of mountaineering books and made many adventure and nature documentaries.
On 10th May 1996, a huge storm, worse than anyone could remember, swept over Mount Everest. At that time, a number of expeditions were on the mountain, expert 'traditional' teams, and commerial teams, in part comprised of people who had the money to climb, but not necessarily the expertise. And with them was Matt Dickinson, a producer of adventure films, documenting the actor Brian Blessed's obsession with Everest, and his third attempt on the summit. Here, Dickinson tells the story of his own attempt on the summit, filming as he went, and also the stories of those other expeditions and the tragedies which ensued. Eight climbers died on the mountain on that day, and more later, highlighting the current state of mountaineering on Everest, where people are practically queuing to climb the last few hundred feet. But while Dickinson shows an understanding of the problems of commercialisaion, the book never properly engages with the tragedy, settling for enumeration rather than analysis. Nevertheless, Dickinson paints a vivid portrait of the assault on Everest and questions the tragedy, even if he can't provide answers. (Kirkus UK)
The Ninth Life of a Diamond Miner...
A memoir
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