Everest 1953 : the epic story of the first ascent /
"On the morning of 2 June 1953, the day of Queen Elizabeth's coronation, the first news broke that Everest had finally been conquered. Drawing on first hand interviews and ... access to archives, this is a ... new account of that ... first ascent. Revealing that what has gone down in histo...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Oxford :
Oneworld Publications,
2012
Oxford : Oneworld, 2012 |
| Subjects: |
Table of Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 1.Mr Everest
- 2.The Real Climbers
- 3.The Turquoise Goddess
- 4.A Very British Coup
- 5.A Paper Mountain
- 6.The Kathmandu Cold Shoulder
- 7.The Icefall
- 8.The Lhotse Face
- 9.First Up
- 10.To the Summit
- 11.Snow Conditions Bad
- 12.Whose Mountain?
- 13.Bringing Everest Home