View from the Summit The Remarkable Memoir by the First Person to Conquer Everest

Name: View from the Summit The Remarkable Memoir by the First Person to Conquer Everest
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ISBN: 9780743400671

ISBN-10: 0743400674

ISBN-13: 9780743400671

Edition: 2000 (Reprint)

Authors: Sir Edmund Hillary

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THE EXTRAORDINARY LIFE STORY OF AN ORDINARY MAN WHO BECAME THE CENTURY'S MOST IMPORTANT EXPLORER Adventurers the world over have been inspired by the achievements of Sir Edmund Hillary, the first man ever to set foot on the summit of Mount Everest. In this candid, wry, and vastly entertaining autobiography, Hillary looks back on that 1953 landmark expedition, as well as his remarkable explorations in other exotic locales, from the South Pole to the Ganges.View From The Summitis the compelling life story of a New Zealand country boy who daydreamed of wild adventures; the pioneering climber who was knighted by Queen Elizabeth after scaling the world's tallest peak; and the elder statesman and…

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List price: $18.99
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Gallery Books
Publication date: 5/1/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 6.13" wide x 9.25" long x 1.10" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction


Roar of a Thousand Tigers


A New Pair of Overalls


From Bees to Flying Boats South of Everest with Shipton


Waiting for Everest Getting to Camp VII


The Challenge of Makalu Antarctic Preparations


To Depot


To the Pole and Back Yetis in Thin Air Tent-testing, School-building


Family Adventures Disaster Mother Ganga Chairman


Emeritus High Commissioner Worlds Revisited


Index