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Ascent of Everest
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Full Title:
Ascent of Everest
Contributors:
By (Author) John Hunt
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton
Imprint:
Hodder Paperback
Publication Date:
11th June 2013
UK Publication Date:
23rd May 2013
Country:
United Kingdom
Classifications
Readership:
General
Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:
Non Fiction
Main Subject:
Other Subjects:
Travel and holiday
Climbing and mountaineering
Dewey:
915.49604
Physical Properties
Physical Format:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
336
Dimensions:
Width 126mm, Height 198mm, Spine 24mm
Weight:
250g
Description
'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... We of the 1953 Everest Expedition are proud to share the glory with our predecessors.'Sir John HuntReviews
An exceptionally lucid and consecutive narrative of a great adventure. It tells an epic story. - TLS
