Download or read book High in the Thin Cold Air written by Edmund Hillary and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book High in the Thin Cold Air The Story of the Himalayan Expedition Edmund Hillary and Desmond Doig written by Edmund Hillary and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book High in the Thin Cold Air the Story of the Himalayan Expedition by Sir Edmund Hillary and Desmond Doig written by Edmund Hillary and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book High in the Thin Cold Air written by Edmund Hillary and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The story of the Himalayan expedition led by Sir Edmund Hillary sponsored by World Book Encyclopedia"--added t.p.
Download or read book High Adventure written by Edmund Hillary and published by Allen & Unwin. This book was released on 1955 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A personal record of the author's mountain climbing experiences, including the Everest Expedition of 1953.
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.
Download or read book View from the Summit written by Edmund Hillary and published by Doubleday UK. This book was released on 1999 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The life story of Sir Edmund Hillary.
Download or read book From the Ocean to the Sky written by Edmund Hillary and published by Viking Adult. This book was released on 1979 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book recounts the author's 1977 expedition up the length of the Ganges river from its delta in the Bay of Bengal to near its source in the Himalayas.
Download or read book Ascent written by Edmund Hillary and published by Doubleday Books. This book was released on 1986 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Previously published as: Two generations. 1984. A dual autobiography describing three decades of high-altitude climbing by father and son.
Download or read book Sir Edmund Hillary s Sagarmatha written by Sir Edmund Hillary and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Into Thin Air written by Jon Krakauer and published by Anchor. This book was released on 1998-11-12 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The epic account of the storm on the summit of Mt. Everest that claimed five lives and left countless more—including Krakauer's—in guilt-ridden disarray. "A harrowing tale of the perils of high-altitude climbing, a story of bad luck and worse judgment and of heartbreaking heroism." —PEOPLE A bank of clouds was assembling on the not-so-distant horizon, but journalist-mountaineer Jon Krakauer, standing on the summit of Mt. Everest, saw nothing that "suggested that a murderous storm was bearing down." He was wrong. By writing Into Thin Air, Krakauer may have hoped to exorcise some of his own demons and lay to rest some of the painful questions that still surround the event. He takes great pains to provide a balanced picture of the people and events he witnessed and gives due credit to the tireless and dedicated Sherpas. He also avoids blasting easy targets such as Sandy Pittman, the wealthy socialite who brought an espresso maker along on the expedition. Krakauer's highly personal inquiry into the catastrophe provides a great deal of insight into what went wrong. But for Krakauer himself, further interviews and investigations only lead him to the conclusion that his perceived failures were directly responsible for a fellow climber's death. Clearly, Krakauer remains haunted by the disaster, and although he relates a number of incidents in which he acted selflessly and even heroically, he seems unable to view those instances objectively. In the end, despite his evenhanded and even generous assessment of others' actions, he reserves a full measure of vitriol for himself. This updated trade paperback edition of Into Thin Air includes an extensive new postscript that sheds fascinating light on the acrimonious debate that flared between Krakauer and Everest guide Anatoli Boukreev in the wake of the tragedy. "I have no doubt that Boukreev's intentions were good on summit day," writes Krakauer in the postscript, dated August 1999. "What disturbs me, though, was Boukreev's refusal to acknowledge the possibility that he made even a single poor decision. Never did he indicate that perhaps it wasn't the best choice to climb without gas or go down ahead of his clients." As usual, Krakauer supports his points with dogged research and a good dose of humility. But rather than continue the heated discourse that has raged since Into Thin Air's denouncement of guide Boukreev, Krakauer's tone is conciliatory; he points most of his criticism at G. Weston De Walt, who coauthored The Climb, Boukreev's version of events. And in a touching conclusion, Krakauer recounts his last conversation with the late Boukreev, in which the two weathered climbers agreed to disagree about certain points. Krakauer had great hopes to patch things up with Boukreev, but the Russian later died in an avalanche on another Himalayan peak, Annapurna I. In 1999, Krakauer received an Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters--a prestigious prize intended "to honor writers of exceptional accomplishment." According to the Academy's citation, "Krakauer combines the tenacity and courage of the finest tradition of investigative journalism with the stylish subtlety and profound insight of the born writer. His account of an ascent of Mount Everest has led to a general reevaluation of climbing and of the commercialization of what was once a romantic, solitary sport; while his account of the life and death of Christopher McCandless, who died of starvation after challenging the Alaskan wilderness, delves even more deeply and disturbingly into the fascination of nature and the devastating effects of its lure on a young and curious mind."
Download or read book Two Generations written by Edmund Hillary and published by Hodder & Stoughton. This book was released on 1984-01-01 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Nothing Venture Nothing Win written by Edmund Hillary and published by Coronet. This book was released on 1989-02-01 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Everest The First Ascent written by Harriet Tuckey and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2013-05-21 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner: Banff Award for Mountain and Wilderness Literature The British Sportsbook Award for Outstanding General Sports Writing The Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature Finalist for the HW Fisher Biographer's Prize Everest was not conquered by force of will alone. It required immense planning, research, and preparation. Dr. Griffith Pugh’s role in the first successful ascent of Everest in 1953 by Edmund Hilary and Tenzing Norgay was absolutely pivotal, yet this story has until now remained untold. As the expedition’s physiological consultant, Pugh designed almost every aspect of the survival strategy for the expedition, the acclimatisation programme, the oxygen- and fluid-intake regime, the diet, the clothing and the high altitude boots. A spirit of gentleman-amateurism had prevailed previously and this new scientific professionalism ensured the success of the expedition and opened the way for a stunning stream of mountaineering successes. Within five years climbers had scaled nearly all of the world’s highest peaks in relative safety. Dr. Pugh became known as one of the fathers of altitude medicine, saving the lives of several members of Hillary’s expedition to Mount Makalu, and pioneering safety techniques for mountaineers and hill walkers. This is also the story of Griffith Pugh, the man, a troubled and eccentric person who had difficulties in sustaining personal relationships in both his personal and professional lives. His daughter and author of this biography, Harriet Tuckey, did not discover the extent of her father’s role in the success of the climb until he was honored late in life at the Royal Geographical Society. His story shines a necessary and fascinating light on one of mankind's greatest achievments.
Download or read book Final Challenge Hillary written by Edmund Hillary and published by . This book was released on 1976-01-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
