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View From The Summit
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Author : Edmund Hillary
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2000-05
View From The Summit written by Edmund Hillary and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-05 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
In a memoir by the first man to reach the peak of Everest, Hillary discusses the adventures that shaped his life, from the South Pole to the Ganges River.
First On Everest
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Author : Tom Holzel
language : en
Publisher: Paragon House Publishers
Release Date : 1988
First On Everest written by Tom Holzel and has been published by Paragon House Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
High Adventure
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Author : Edmund Hillary
language : en
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Release Date : 1955
High Adventure written by Edmund Hillary and has been published by Allen & Unwin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1955 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
A personal record of the author's mountain climbing experiences, including the Everest Expedition of 1953.
Everest 1922
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Author : Mick Conefrey
language : en
Publisher: Atlantic Books
Release Date : 2022-04-07
Everest 1922 written by Mick Conefrey and has been published by Atlantic Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-04-07 with Sports & Recreation categories.
Though it remains by far the world's most famous mountain, in recent years Everest's reputation has changed radically, with long queues of climbers on the Lhotse Face, lurid tales of frozen corpses and piles of high altitude trash. It wasn't always like this though. Once Everest was remote and inaccessible, a mysterious place, where only the bravest and most heroic dared to tread. The first attempt on Everest in 1922 by George Leigh Mallory and a British team is an extraordinary story full of controversy, drama and incident, populated by a set of larger than life characters straight out of Boys Own and Indiana Jones. The expedition ended in tragedy when, on their third bid for the top, Mallory's party was hit by an avalanche that left seven men dead. Using diaries, letters, published and unpublished accounts, Mick Conefrey creates a rich character driven narrative, exploring the motivations and private dramas of key individuals and detailing the back room politics and bitter rivalries that lay behind this epic adventure.
From The Ocean To The Sky
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Author : Edmund Hillary
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1980
From The Ocean To The Sky written by Edmund Hillary and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1980 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
First To The Top
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Author : Diana Freeman
language : en
Publisher: Flying Start Books
Release Date : 2021-04-30
First To The Top written by Diana Freeman and has been published by Flying Start Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-04-30 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Mt. Everest is the highest mountain in the world. It is 29,000 feet (or 8,848 meters) high. Many people tried to climb Mt. Everest, but nobody could get to the top. Some people died climbing there. In May 1953, two men reached the top. They were Edmund Hillary, from New Zealand, and Tenzing Norgay, from Nepal.
First Up Everest
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Author : Showell Styles
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1983
First Up Everest written by Showell Styles and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983 with Everest, Mount (China and Nepal) categories.
Describes the last stages of the successful climb to the summit of Mount Everest on May 29, 1953, by Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norkay.
The Vast Unknown
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Author : Broughton Coburn
language : en
Publisher: Crown
Release Date : 2013-04-30
The Vast Unknown written by Broughton Coburn and has been published by Crown this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-04-30 with History categories.
By the author of the New York Times bestselling Everest: Mountain Without Mercy, this chronicle of the iconic first American expedition to Mt. Everest in May 1963 – published to coincide with the climb's 50th anniversary – combines riveting adventure, a perceptive analysis of its dark and terrifying historical context, and revelations about a secret mission that followed. In the midst of the Cold War, against the backdrop of the Bay of Pigs fiasco, the space race with the Soviet Union, and the quagmire of the Vietnam War, a band of iconoclastic, independent-minded American mountaineers set off for Mt. Everest, aiming to restore America's confidence and optimism. Their objective is to reach the summit while conducting scientific research, but which route will they take? Might the Chinese, in a public relations coup, have reached the top ahead of them? And what about another American team, led by the grandson of a President, that nearly bagged the peak in a bootleg attempt a year earlier? The Vast Unknown is, on one level, a harrowing, character-driven account of the climb itself and its legendary team of alternately inspiring, troubled, and tragic climbers who suffered injuries, a near mutiny, and death on the mountain. It is also an examination of the profound sway the expedition had over the American consciousness and sense of identity during a time when the country was floundering. And it is an investigation of the expedition's little-known outcome: the selection of a team to plant a CIA surveillance device on the Himalayan peak of Nanda Devi, to spy into China where Defense Intelligence learned that nuclear missile testing was underway.
Everest The First Ascent
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Author : Harriet Tuckey
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2013-05-23
Everest The First Ascent written by Harriet Tuckey and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-05-23 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
WINNER OF THE OUTSTANDING GENERAL SPORTS WRITING AWARD, BRITISH SPORTS BOOK AWARDS WINNER OF THE BOARDMAN TASKER PRIZE WINNER OF THE MOUNTAIN & WILDERNESS PRIZE, BANFF FESTIVAL WINNER OF THE TONY LOTHIAN AWARD, BIOGRAPHERS’ CLUB For the first time, drawing upon previously unseen diaries and letters, rare archive material and interviews, Everest – The First Ascent tells the remarkable story of Griffith Pugh, the forgotten team member whose scientific breakthroughs ensured the world’s highest mountain could be climbed. A doctor and physiologist, Griffith Pugh revolutionised almost every aspect of British high-altitude mountaineering, transforming the climbers’ attitude to oxygen, the clothes they wore, their equipment, fluid intake and acclimatisation. Yet, far from receiving the acclaim he was due, he was met with suspicion and ridicule. His scientific contributions were, quite simply, at odds with old-fashioned notions of derring-do and the gentlemanly amateurism that dogged the sport. Later in his career, his impact in helping athletes enhance their performance lasts to this day in the fields of cycling, swimming and running. This insightful biography shows Pugh to be troubled, abrasive, yet brilliant. Eight years in the writing, closely researched, and told with unflinching honesty by Pugh’s daughter, Harriet Tuckey, Everest – The First Ascent is the compelling portrait of an unlikely hero.
Everest 1951
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Author : Eric Shipton
language : en
Publisher: Vertebrate Publishing
Release Date : 2013-11-29
Everest 1951 written by Eric Shipton and has been published by Vertebrate Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-11-29 with Sports & Recreation categories.
In 1953, Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay reached the summit of Mount Everest. They climbed from the south, from Nepal, via the Khumbu Glacier - a route first pioneered in 1951 by a reconnaissance expedition led by Eric Shipton. Everest 1951 is the account of this expedition. It was the first to approach the mountain from the south side, it pioneered a route through the Khumbu icefall and it was the expedition on which Hillary set foot on Everest for the first time. Everest 1951 is a short but vitally important read for anybody with any interest in mountaineering or in Everest. The 1951 Everest Expedition marked the public highpoint of Shipton's mountaineering fame. Key information was discovered and the foundations laid for future success. Despite this, Shipton's critics felt he had a 'lack of trust' and thus failed to match the urgent mood of the period. Despite having been on more Everest expeditions than any man alive, he was 'eased' out of the crucial leadership role in 1953 and so missed the huge public acclaim given to Hillary, Tenzing Norgay and John Hunt after their historic success.