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32 pages
colour illustrations.
Contents include: Race to the summit -- Bookish boy -- Alpine airman -- Everest in sight -- British setback -- Everest beckons -- The Lhotse face -- First assault -- Second assault -- Hillary step -- Victorious return -- Sherpa friend -- Icon of Everest.
Summary: For years, climbers and explorers had dreamed of being the first to reach Mount Everest's treacherous, icy summit. On 29 May 1953, Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay finally achieved this amazing feat. Their lives would never be the same again. A few more whacks of the ice axe, a few very weary steps, and we were on the summit of Everest. (Distributor)
8+ years.
Famous firsts.