Ascent of Everest
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1993
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2nd edition
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-340-57907-7 (ISBN)
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-340-57907-7 (ISBN)
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The original account of the conquest of Everest, with contributions by John Hunt and Edmund Hillary. When Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay reached the summit of Everest on 29 May 1953, they caught the world's imagination in a way subsequently unmatched until humans walked on the Moon.
Their achievement provided one answer to the many questions about high-altitude survival which had been asked from the beginning of the century. Their climb was the culmination of a siege-style effort in the expedition led by Sir John Hunt. Indeed, it provided the blueprint for the first ascents of the majority of the remaining 800 metre peaks through the next decade. Today Everest has been climbed by all its formidable ridges and each of its great faces. It has been climbed without supplementary oxygen, it had been soloed and parapented off. But the original ascent remains a classic story of exploring new thresholds and reaching out to achieve the highest point in the world.
Their achievement provided one answer to the many questions about high-altitude survival which had been asked from the beginning of the century. Their climb was the culmination of a siege-style effort in the expedition led by Sir John Hunt. Indeed, it provided the blueprint for the first ascents of the majority of the remaining 800 metre peaks through the next decade. Today Everest has been climbed by all its formidable ridges and each of its great faces. It has been climbed without supplementary oxygen, it had been soloed and parapented off. But the original ascent remains a classic story of exploring new thresholds and reaching out to achieve the highest point in the world.
Brigader Sir John Hunt C.B.E., D.S.O led the 1953 British expedition that enabled Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay to conquer Mount Everest. He died at 88, at his home in Henley-on-Thames.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 15.4.1993 |
|---|---|
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 159 x 27 mm |
| Gewicht | 508 g |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport |
| Reisen ► Reiseführer ► Asien | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-340-57907-2 / 0340579072 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-340-57907-7 / 9780340579077 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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