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High Adventure: The True Story of the First Ascent of Everest

Paperback • 2003 • English

High Adventure: The True Story of the First Ascent of Everest

By Edmund Hillary

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About the book

Fear lives among Everest's mighty ice-fluted faces and howls across its razor-sharp crags. Gnawing at reason and enslaving minds, it has killed many and defeated countless others. But in 1953, Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay stared into its dark eye and did not waver. On May 29, they pushed spent bodies and aching lungs past the achievable to pursue the impossible. At a terminal altitude of 29,028 feet, they stood triumphant atop the highest peak in the world. With nimble words and a straight...Show more

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ISBN

9780195167344

Publisher

Oxford University Press, USA

Published year

2003

Language

English

Original title

High Adventure: The True Story of the First Ascent of Everest

Format

Paperback

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