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Everest 1953

Author : Mick Conefrey
Publisher : Mountaineers Books
ISBN 13 : 159485887X
Total Pages : 418 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (948 download)

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Download or read book Everest 1953 written by Mick Conefrey and published by Mountaineers Books. This book was released on 2014-01-31 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CLICK HERE to download a sample from Everest 1953 In the only book to tell the real story of Everest 1953, Mick Conefrey reveals that what has gone down in history as a supremely well-planned attempt was in fact beset by crises -- both on and off the mountain. To succeed, team leader Colonel John Hunt and his team had to draw on unimaginable skill and determination, as well as sheer British ingenuity. Everest 1953 is not only a gripping true story of courage and adventure, but a fascinating window into the media contest to cover this seminal event in coronation year. The Times had exclusive access to the team, but the Daily Mail and other papers used subterfuge and shenanigans to get their scoops. Revealing the answers to long-enduring controversies -- did Tenzing or Hillary actually reach the top first? -- and exploring the legacy of this great ascent, it is the perfect way to commemorate a year of British sporting triumph.

The Ascent of Everest

Author : John Hunt Baron Hunt
Publisher : The Mountaineers Books
ISBN 13 : 9780898863611
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (636 download)

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Download or read book The Ascent of Everest written by John Hunt Baron Hunt and published by The Mountaineers Books. This book was released on 1993 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Expedition leader John Hunt's account of the first ascent of Mount Everest's summit in 1953 by Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay.

View from the Summit

Author : Edmund Hillary
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0743400674
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (434 download)

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Download or read book View from the Summit written by Edmund Hillary and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2000-05 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a memoir by the first man to reach the peak of Everest, Hillary discusses the adventures that shaped his life, from the South Pole to the Ganges River.

South Col - One Man's Adventure on the Ascent of Everest, 1953

Author : Wilfrid Noyce
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 1446544230
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (465 download)

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Download or read book South Col - One Man's Adventure on the Ascent of Everest, 1953 written by Wilfrid Noyce and published by . This book was released on 2011-03-01 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Everest: The Remarkable Story of Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay

Author : Alexandra Stewart
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1547601604
Total Pages : 133 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (476 download)

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Download or read book Everest: The Remarkable Story of Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay written by Alexandra Stewart and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2020-02-11 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the late morning of May 29, 1953, the sun was shining brightly and a gentle breeze was blowing on the highest elevation of the world--and two men were there to witness it for the first time ever. Their names were Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay, and they had ascended Everest. This is the breathtaking story of how two very different, yet equally determined, men battled frost-biting temperatures, tumbling ice rocks, powerful winds, and death-defying ridges to reach the top of the world's highest mountain. Combining fresh and contemporary illustrations by Joe Todd-Stanton with Alexandra Stewart's captivating writing, this unique narrative tells the story of how Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay made their mark on the world from birth right up to their final days and the impact they've had on Nepal today.

Everest

Author :
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0743243862
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (432 download)

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Download or read book Everest written by and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2003 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An illustrated history of 50 years of mountaineering on Mount Everest, with photographs from the collection of the Royal Geographic Society.

Everest 1922

Author : Mick Conefrey
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1639361464
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (393 download)

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Download or read book Everest 1922 written by Mick Conefrey and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-05-31 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The dramatic and inspiring account of the very first attempt to climb Mount Everest, published to coincide with the centenary of the expedition of 1922. The first attempt on Everest in 1922 by George Leigh Mallory and a British team is an extraordinary story full of controversy, drama, and incident, populated by a set of larger-than-life characters straight out of an adventure novel. The expedition ended in tragedy when, on their third bid for the top, Mallory's party was hit by an avalanche that left seven men dead. Using diaries, letters, and unpublished accounts, Mick Conefrey creates a rich, character-driven narrative that explores the motivations and private dramas of the key individuals—detailing their backroom politics and bitter rivalries—who masterminded this epic adventure.

British culture and the end of empire

Author : Stuart Ward
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 1526119625
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (261 download)

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Download or read book British culture and the end of empire written by Stuart Ward and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2017-03-01 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the first major attempt to examine the cultural manifestations of the demise of imperialism as a social and political ideology in post-war Britain. Far from being a matter of indifference or resigned acceptance as is often suggested, the fall of the British Empire came as a profound shock to the British national imagination, and resonated widely in British popular culture. The sheer range of subjects discussed, from the satire boom of the 1960s to the worlds of sport and the arts, demonstrates how profoundly decolonisation was absorbed into the popular consciousness. Offers an extremely novel and provocative interpretation of post-war British cultural history, and opens up a whole new field of enquiry in the history of decolonisation.

High Adventure

Author : Edmund Hillary
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (55 download)

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Download or read book High Adventure written by Edmund Hillary and published by . This book was released on 1955 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Fallen Giants

Author :
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300142668
Total Pages : 592 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book Fallen Giants written by and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2008-09-01 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the first comprehensive history of Himalayan mountaineering in 50 years, the authors offer detailed, original accounts of the most significant climbs since the 1890s, and they compellingly evoke the social and cultural worlds that gave rise to those expeditions.

The Good News is the Bad News is Wrong

Author : Ben J. Wattenberg
Publisher : American Enterprise Institute
ISBN 13 : 9780671606411
Total Pages : 438 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (64 download)

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Download or read book The Good News is the Bad News is Wrong written by Ben J. Wattenberg and published by American Enterprise Institute. This book was released on 1985 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In search of the truth about the American condition, the author examines the latest social, economic, attitudinal, and demographic data.

Conquering Everest: The Lives of Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay

Author : Lewis Helfand
Publisher : Campfire
ISBN 13 : 9380741243
Total Pages : 98 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (87 download)

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Download or read book Conquering Everest: The Lives of Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay written by Lewis Helfand and published by Campfire. This book was released on 2011-08-16 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tenzing Norgay was the son of poor Tibetan immigrants living in Nepal. He longed to see the world but was told he could aspire to be little more than a servant. Edmund Hillary was a humble beekeeper from New Zealand, who spent his youth dreaming of adventures he could never hope to experience. And Everest was the ultimate adventure. The mountain's peak is the highest point on Earth, stretching beyond the clouds. So dangerous and challenging, Everest had never been successfully climbed and many had died trying. In 1953, Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary joined a team of explorers determined to reach its top. Alone at the top of the world with their oxygen running low, they faced brutal elements and new dangers at every turn. And they were armed with little more than their courage, determination, and a belief in each other. But would that be enough to achieve the impossible, what no man had done before?

South Col

Author : Wilfrid Noyce
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)

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Download or read book South Col written by Wilfrid Noyce and published by . This book was released on 1955 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Coronation Everest

Author : Jan Morris
Publisher : Faber & Faber
ISBN 13 : 0571266029
Total Pages : 197 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (712 download)

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Download or read book Coronation Everest written by Jan Morris and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2010-11-25 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Exquisite, powerful . . . I can think of no better way of commemorating British exploration's culminating triumph.' Simon Winchester? Coronation Everest offers a breathtakingly intimate evocation of the most famous of all mountaineering exploits - and of perhaps the last great old-fashioned Fleet Street scoop. 'It was Morris who broke the news that a British-led expedition had conquered Mount Everest the day before the Queen's coronation in 1953 . . . Allied to physical courage in getting down the mountain and a dogged resourcefulness in getting the news home, Morris scooped the world and was launched on one of the most remarkable literary careers in the second half of the twentieth century.' Guardian Jan Morris's collection of travel writing and reportage spans over five decades and includes such titles as Venice, Coronation Everest, Hong Kong, Spain, Manhattan '45, A Writer's World and the Pax Britannica Trilogy. Hav, her novel, was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and the Arthur C. Clarke Award.

The World

Author : Jan Morris
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 9780393326482
Total Pages : 486 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (264 download)

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Download or read book The World written by Jan Morris and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2005-03-22 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A breathtakingly vivid guide to our greatest cosmopolitan cities and culturesfrom Manhattan to Venice and from Baghdad to Barbados, this book assembles 50years of Morris's finest travel writing.

The Mammoth Book of How it Happened - Everest

Author : Jon E. Lewis
Publisher : Robinson
ISBN 13 : 1780337272
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (83 download)

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Download or read book The Mammoth Book of How it Happened - Everest written by Jon E. Lewis and published by Robinson. This book was released on 2012-03-01 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Begining with the 1921 attempt on the summit of Everest through to the disasters of the 1990s, this work features 30 white-knuckle accounts of climbing endeavour on the world's highest mountain, with all the tragedy and triumph of humankind's striving for the top of the world, by those who know the "Death Zone" best - the climbers of Everest themselves. Yet this is more than a cherry-picking of great true and exhilarating memoirs of Everest. Included are the history of the conquest of Everest, and all the natural and cruel beauty of Chomolungma "The Mother Goddess of the World".

Everest - the First Ascent

Author : Harriet Tuckey
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1846043654
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (46 download)

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Download or read book Everest - the First Ascent written by Harriet Tuckey and published by Random House. This book was released on 2014-04-10 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WINNER OF THE OUTSTANDING GENERAL SPORTS WRITING AWARD, BRITISH SPORTS BOOK AWARDS WINNER OF THE BOARDMAN TASKER PRIZE WINNER OF THE MOUNTAIN & WILDERNESS PRIZE, BANFF FESTIVAL WINNER OF THE TONY LOTHIAN AWARD, BIOGRAPHERSâe(tm) CLUB For the first time, drawing upon previously unseen diaries and letters, rare archive material and interviews, Everest âe" The First Ascent tells the remarkable story of Griffith Pugh, the forgotten team member whose scientific breakthroughs ensured the worldâe(tm)s highest mountain could be climbed. A doctor and physiologist, Griffith Pugh revolutionised almost every aspect of British high-altitude mountaineering, transforming the climbersâe(tm) attitude to oxygen, the clothes they wore, their equipment, fluid intake and acclimatisation. Yet, far from receiving the acclaim he was due, he was met with suspicion and ridicule. His scientific contributions were, quite simply, at odds with old-fashioned notions of derring-do and the gentlemanly amateurism that dogged the sport. Later in his career, his impact in helping athletes enhance their performance lasts to this day in the fields of cycling, swimming and running. This insightful biography shows Pugh to be troubled, abrasive, yet brilliant. Eight years in the writing, closely researched, and told with unflinching honesty by Pughâe(tm)s daughter, Harriet Tuckey, Everest âe" The First Ascent is the compelling portrait of an unlikely hero.