Hell Is Above Us: The Epic Race to the Top of Fumu, the World's Tallest Mountain

Gird yourself for adventure on a massive scale!This is the riveting account of the first Fumu ascent. What is Fumu? It is the tallest mountain in the world, a fact long kept from the public. Join two pompous American climbers as they navigate the perils of their respective parent issues, world war, mutual hatred, 20th-century pirates, high-altitude cannibals, and the dizzying heights of the Himalayas in order to vanquish the Hell that is the top of the world!MORE DETAIL: Everest is not the tallest mountain in the world. Just as Pluto has recently been demoted to a floating rock, so is Everest about to be taken down a peg.A work of “non-non-fiction” ostensibly written by a British journalist in the 1950’s, “Hell Is Above Us” tells the thrilling tale of two men – enemies to the last – who raced each other to the summit of the true king of mountains: An active volcano called Fumu.The path to the summit is no springtime stroll in a verdant fen. Modern-day pirates, cannibals, World War II, man-eating crevasses, scorching magma, and one very angry yak stand between our heroes and their prize. Who will make it to the top first, and will they live to see home again?