High adventure our ascent of the Everest
"The authoritative first-person account of Hillary and Tenzing s ascent of Mount Everest, reissued on the 60th anniversary of this landmark achievement. In 1953, when he was thirty-three years old, Edmund Hillary became the first man to stand at the summit of Mount Everest, the Holy Grail for a...
| Main Author: | Hillary, Edmund, 1919-2008. |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New Delhi :
Roli Books,
2013.
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| Edition: | Paperback ed. |
| Subjects: |
Table of Contents:
- 1
- First Footsteps
- 1
- 2
- To Everest, 1951
- 9
- 3
- Discovery of the Southern Route
- 30
- 4
- Preparation on Cho Oyu
- 49
- 5
- Across the Nup La
- 78
- 6
- The Swiss Attack
- 102
- 7
- Everest 1953
- The First Barrier
- 117
- 8
- The Second Barrier
- 143
- 9
- South Col
- 161
- 10
- Camp Nine
- 191
- 11
- Summit
- 214
- 12
- Adventure's End
- 227
- Glossary
- Explanation of some of the terms used in this book
- 243.