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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Norbu Tenzing , Peter Gilman , Peter H. Hansen , Saray KhumaloPublisher: Smithsonian Books Imprint: Smithsonian Books Dimensions: Width: 21.70cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 26.20cm Weight: 1.157kg ISBN: 9781588347824ISBN 10: 1588347826 Pages: 192 Publication Date: 14 May 2024 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Not yet available  This item is yet to be released. You can pre-order this item and we will dispatch it to you upon its release. Table of ContentsReviews"BOOKLIST ""An impressive compendium of stunning black-and-white and colorized photos from the expedition, accompanied by numerous short, modern-day essays by leading experts, to give an intimate yet fulsome account. Foremost, respect is paid to the accompanying local sherpas and porters, who bore the prodigious weight not only of supplies but also translation, which included highly sensitive negotiations with local authorities for passage over sacred ground to the 29,029-foot peak.""" Author InformationNORBU TENZING is the son of Tenzing Norgay who, along with Sir Edmund Hillary, was the first to summit Everest in 1953. PETER GILMAN is an award-winning mountaineering writer, Sunday Times journalist, and author of the George Mallory biography The Wildest Dream. PETER H. HANSEN is the author of The Summits of Modern Man. SARAY KHUMALO is a mountaineer and explorer, and the first Black African woman to summit Mount Everest. JONATHON WESTAWAY is the Senior Research Fellow at the University of Lancaster who specializes in the history of mountaineering and the imperial cultures of exploration. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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