Going Up Is Easy by Lydia Bradey & Laurence Fearnley
In 1988, Lydia Bradey became the first woman in the world to climb Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen. She made the ascent alone and to date she is the only New Zealander to have made an oxygen-free ascent. Going Up is Easy 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. Co-written with acclaimed novelist Laurence Fearnley, and stunningly illustrated throughout, Going Up is Easy tells a life story by turns dramatic, tender, funny, frank and inspiring.