This hilarious satirical classic was published a couple of years after the first successful summitting of Everest, and relates a fictional version of the conquest of the world's highest peak. The madcap collection of eccentrically named, pompous Brits are absurdly incompetent, mostly ill, drunk or lost, but have a ripping adventure. Quite brilliant, it's one of only two published books by W E Bowman - the other was a spoof of the Kon Tiki expedition. Deservedly a classic!