AMERICANS ON EVEREST: The Official Account of the Ascent Led by Norman G. Dyhren by ULLMAN, James R. et al

Philadelphia [1964], Lippincott.Blue cloth, very clean,429p. glossary, 2 appendices, 7 color, 67 b.w. photos, 16 x 24 cm. tight copy, dj. in mylar. ** SIGNED BY JAMES W. WHITTACRE ** who was an expedition member. A TRUE FIRST EDITION For the first time, in 1963, an American team reached the top of Everest. After weeks of exposure in the bitter cold & thin air, & after losing a member under falling ice, success came by the South Col route. Three weeks later, four more men reached the peak: two by the West Ridge, & another two via the South Col. President Kennedy presented this team with the National Geographical Society's Hubbard Medal. With a Who's Who of American climbing. * With a list & photos of each of the AMEE members & biographies. Allen C. Auten; Barry C. Bishop; John E. Breitenbach; James Barryl Coprbet; David L. Dingman; Daniel E. Doody; Norman G. Dyhrenfurth [leader]; Richard M. Emerson; Dr. Thomas F. Hornbein, Luther G. Jerstad; James T. Lester Jr.; Maynard M. Miller; Richard Pownall; Barry W. Prather; Gilbert Roberts; James Owen M. Roberts; William E. Siri; James R. Ullman; William F. Unsoeld; James W. Whittaker; + a list of the AMEE Board of Directors. An historic work ! * Summiters Jim Whittaker, Tom Hornbein and Barry Corbet, team members. First ascent by an American: Jim Whittaker, accompanied by Nawang Gombu Sherpa who later went on to become the first man to climb Everest twice in 1965; first ascent of the West Ridge on May 22 by Americans Tom Hornbein and Willi Unsoeld. *** BIBLIOGRAPHY: Neate 848 * Yakushi U16-a. * http://www.everesthistory.com/firsts.htm *** .