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The conquest of Everest : original photographs from the legendary first ascent / George Lowe and Huw Lewis-Jones.

By: Lowe, George, 1924-2013 [author.]Contributor(s): Lewis-Jones, Huw [author.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: London : Thames & Hudson, 2013Description: 239 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780500544235; 0500544239Other title: EverestSubject(s): Mount Everest Expedition (1953) -- Pictorial works | Mountaineering expeditions -- Everest, Mount (China and Nepal) -- Pictorial works | Mountaineering -- Everest, Mount (China and Nepal) -- Pictorial works | Everest, Mount (China and Nepal)
Contents:
Prologue : editor's note / Huw Lewis-Jones -- Foreword : An old friend / Sir Edmund Hillary -- Introduction : Supreme achievement / Sir Chris Bonington -- Because it is there -- Cameraman on Everest -- Beyond the summit -- Reflections / Reinhold Messner, Norbu Tenzing Norgay, Kenton Cool, Peter Hillary, Colin Monteath, Tom Hornbein, Stephen Venables, Doug Scott -- Just three pictures / Jan Morris -- Chart of the ascent of Everest -- Everest 1953 : suggestions to photographers.
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Includes bibliographical references (page 238) and index.

Prologue : editor's note / Huw Lewis-Jones -- Foreword : An old friend / Sir Edmund Hillary -- Introduction : Supreme achievement / Sir Chris Bonington -- Because it is there -- Cameraman on Everest -- Beyond the summit -- Reflections / Reinhold Messner, Norbu Tenzing Norgay, Kenton Cool, Peter Hillary, Colin Monteath, Tom Hornbein, Stephen Venables, Doug Scott -- Just three pictures / Jan Morris -- Chart of the ascent of Everest -- Everest 1953 : suggestions to photographers.

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