View from the summit

Main Author:	Hillary, Edmund, 1919-2008.
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Pocket Books, 2000, c1999.
Subjects:	Hillary, Edmund, > 1919-2008. Mount Everest Expedition > (1953) Mountaineers > New Zealand > Biography. Mountaineering > Everest, Mount (China and Nepal) Everest, Mount (China and Nepal)

Item Description:	Includes index. First published: London : Doubleday, 1999.
Physical Description:	310 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 24 cm.
ISBN:	0743400674 (pbk.) 9780743400671 (pbk.)
Author Notes:	Sir Edmund Hillary (1919 - 2008) was born in Auckland, New Zealand, and served in the New Zealand Air Force during World War II. Knighted for his ascent of Mount Everest in 1953, he achieved many more adventuring "firsts" before establishing the Himalayan Trust, an organization devoted to improving the lives of the Himalayan people.