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THE ASCENT OF EVEREST.
by HUNT, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
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About This Item
London 1955, Hodder. Blue cloth, 328p., 3 color, 8 b.w. photos, 37 b. w plates, figures, glossary, 14.5 x 23 cm., appendix, unclipped dust jacket in Mylar protector, very bright solid copy. RARE AUTHOR'S SIGNED COPY, FIRST EDITION This is the official account of the first successful climb to the top of Mt. Everest. John Hunt led the expedition in 1953, and the first two people to reach the summit were Sir Edmund Hillary and the Sherpa Tenzing Norgay. * A historic work ! Also covers the background, planning, approach, build-up, assault, aftermath of the expedition up Everest. With valuable appendices of a diary, oxygen, diet, medicine &c. by members of the group. * CONDITION: This is an exceptionally bright copy, BIBLIOGRAPHY: Neate H135 * .
Synopsis
From the book: 'This is the story of how, on 29 May, 1953, two men, both endowed with outstanding stamina and skill, reached the top of Everest and came back unscathed to rejoin their comrades. 'Yet this will not be the whole story, for the ascent of Everest was not the work of one day, nor even of those few anxious, unforgettable weeks in which we prepared and climbed this summer. It is, in fact, a tale of sustained and tenacious endeavour by many, over a long period of time.'
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- Title
- THE ASCENT OF EVEREST.
- Author
- HUNT, John
- Book Condition
- Used -
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Keywords
- China: Social Science, Eclectic, All Subjects & Disciplines [no Art]; Chinese Mountaineering, Mountains, Sacred Mountains & Related; Mt. Everest: Any About Himalayan Travel, Mountains & Climbing; Foreigners In China: All Periods;
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