The Mount Everest Reconnaissance Expedition 1951

Author : Eric Shipton
Publisher : Vertebrate Publishing
Page : 81 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2013-11-29
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781906148836

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Everest 1951 by Eric Shipton Pdf

In 1953, Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay reached the summit of Mount Everest. They climbed from the south, from Nepal, via the Khumbu Glacier - a route first pioneered in 1951 by a reconnaissance expedition led by Eric Shipton. Everest 1951 is the account of this expedition. It was the first to approach the mountain from the south side, it pioneered a route through the Khumbu icefall and it was the expedition on which Hillary set foot on Everest for the first time. Everest 1951 is a short but vitally important read for anybody with any interest in mountaineering or in Everest. The 1951 Everest Expedition marked the public highpoint of Shipton's mountaineering fame. Key information was discovered and the foundations laid for future success. Despite this, Shipton's critics felt he had a 'lack of trust' and thus failed to match the urgent mood of the period. Despite having been on more Everest expeditions than any man alive, he was 'eased' out of the crucial leadership role in 1953 and so missed the huge public acclaim given to Hillary, Tenzing Norgay and John Hunt after their historic success.

Author : Eric Shipton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1952
Category : Everest, Mount (China and Nepal)
ISBN : UOM:39015011827931

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The Mount Everest Reconnaissance Expedition, 1951 by Eric Shipton Pdf

Author : Eric Shipton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1953
Category : Everest, Mount (China and Nepal)
ISBN : OCLC:28784122

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The Mount Everest Reconnaissance Expedition by Eric Shipton Pdf

Author : George Mallory,Charles Howard-Bury,A. F. R. Wollaston
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2022-05-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547014423

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Mount Everest, the Reconnaissance, 1921 by George Mallory,Charles Howard-Bury,A. F. R. Wollaston Pdf

Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 is a book by Charles Howard-Bury. It depicts the first British expedition to survey and climb Mount Everest in 1921, led by the author himself.

Author : Tony Astill
Publisher : Conran Octopus
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Nature
ISBN : STANFORD:36105128333239

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Mount Everest by Tony Astill Pdf

Author : Eric Shipton
Publisher : Mountaineers Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1997-07-31
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0898865395

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The Six Mountain-travel Books by Eric Shipton Pdf

Nanda Devi; Blank on the Map; Upon That Mountain; Mt. Everest Reconnaissance Expedition 1951; Mountains of Tartary; and Land of Tempest.

Author : Mick Conefrey
Publisher : Mountaineers Books
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2014-01-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781594858871

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Everest 1953 by Mick Conefrey Pdf

CLICK HERE to download a sample from Everest 1953 In the only book to tell the real story of Everest 1953, Mick Conefrey reveals that what has gone down in history as a supremely well-planned attempt was in fact beset by crises -- both on and off the mountain. To succeed, team leader Colonel John Hunt and his team had to draw on unimaginable skill and determination, as well as sheer British ingenuity. Everest 1953 is not only a gripping true story of courage and adventure, but a fascinating window into the media contest to cover this seminal event in coronation year. The Times had exclusive access to the team, but the Daily Mail and other papers used subterfuge and shenanigans to get their scoops. Revealing the answers to long-enduring controversies -- did Tenzing or Hillary actually reach the top first? -- and exploring the legacy of this great ascent, it is the perfect way to commemorate a year of British sporting triumph.

Author : Charles Howard-Bury,George Herbert Leigh-Mallory
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1991-01-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0340556021

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Everest Reconnaissance by Charles Howard-Bury,George Herbert Leigh-Mallory Pdf

Author : Scott Ellsworth
Publisher : Little, Brown
Page : 405 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2020-02-18
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780316434874

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The World Beneath Their Feet by Scott Ellsworth Pdf

Winner of the 2020 National Outdoor Book Award for Best History/Biography A saga of survival, technological innovation, and breathtaking human physical achievement -- all set against the backdrop of a world headed toward war -- that became one of the most compelling international dramas of the 20th century. As tension steadily rose between European powers in the 1930s, a different kind of battle was already raging across the Himalayas. Teams of mountaineers from Great Britain, Nazi Germany, and the United States were all competing to be the first to climb the world's highest peaks, including Mount Everest and K2. Unlike climbers today, they had few photographs or maps, no properly working oxygen systems, and they wore leather boots and cotton parkas. Amazingly, and against all odds, they soon went farther and higher than anyone could have imagined. And as they did, their story caught the world's attention. The climbers were mobbed at train stations, and were featured in movies and plays. James Hilton created the mythical land of Shangri-La in Lost Horizon, while an English eccentric named Maurice Wilson set out for Tibet in order to climb Mount Everest alone. And in the darkened corridors of the Third Reich, officials soon discovered the propaganda value of planting a Nazi flag on top of the world's highest mountains Set in London, New York, Germany, and in India, China, and Tibet, The World Beneath Their Feet is a story not only of climbing and mountain climbers, but also of passion and ambition, courage and folly, tradition and innovation, tragedy and triumph. Scott Ellsworth tells a rollicking, real-life adventure story that moves seamlessly from the streets of Manhattan to the footlights of the West End, deadly avalanches on Nanga Parbat, rioting in the Kashmir, and the wild mountain dreams of a New Zealand beekeeper named Edmund Hillary and a young Sherpa runaway called Tenzing Norgay. Climbing the Himalayas was the Greatest Generation's moonshot-one that was clouded by the onset of war and then, incredibly, fully accomplished. A gritty, fascinating history that promises to enrapture fans of Hampton Sides, Erik Larson, Jon Krakauer, and Laura Hillenbrand, The World Beneath Their Feet brings this forgotten story back to life.

Author : Charles Howard-Bury
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Everest, Mount (China and Nepal)
ISBN : LCCN:97907724

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Mount Everest by Charles Howard-Bury Pdf

Author : C. K. HOWARD-BURY
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1033021415

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MOUNT EVEREST by C. K. HOWARD-BURY Pdf

Author : Charles Howard-Bury,George Herbert Leigh-Mallory
Publisher : Nabu Press
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2014-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1293696714

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Mount Everest by Charles Howard-Bury,George Herbert Leigh-Mallory Pdf

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to ensure edition identification: ++++ Mount Everest: The Reconnaissance, 1921 Charles Howard-Bury, George Herbert Leigh-Mallory Longmans, Green and co., 1922 Everest, Mount (China and Nepal); Mount Everest Expedition, 1921; Mount Everest Expedition/ (1921)

Author : Edmund Hillary,Sir Edmund Hillary
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2000-05
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780743400671

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View from the Summit by Edmund Hillary,Sir Edmund Hillary Pdf

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.

Author : Earl Denman
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Page : 463 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2018-12-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781789124071

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Alone to Everest by Earl Denman Pdf

The story of some of Earl Denman’s mountaineering exploits to Africa, culminating in his journey in 1947 through Tibet to Everest with Tenzing Norgay (later to become one of the first two individuals known to reach the summit of Mount Everest) is here told for the first time. Alone to Everest tells the remarkable story of a remarkable man. Among many present-day accounts of hardship and adventure, it stands out as the testimony of a man for whom modern civilisation and modern equipment mean little, and who is happiest, as he says, “walking barefoot on warm grass or wet rocks; in probing deep into cool, quiet forests; in days of healthy activity and evenings of restfulness spent beside a warming fire.” Denman’s achievements in the Belgian Congo—where with only local guides as companions he became one of the first men to climb all eight of the high and remove Virunga Mountains—made him realise that he would never rest until he had made a similar expedition to the highest mountain in the world. At the time £250 was all he had in the world; his equipment was of the simplest and cheapest. His journey by sea and land to Darjeeling was made under great difficulties. His meeting with Karma Paul, who introduced him to Tenzing and his friend Ang Dowa, was entirely fortuitous; he was expressly forbidden to enter Tibet (Nepal at that time was entirely closed to the Western world). Yet with all these handicaps he and the two Sherpas set off alone from Darjeeling, made their way, with many mishaps, through Sikkim and Tibet to the Rongbuk monastery, and thence to Everest itself. Appalling weather conditions finally drove them back, but not before they had attained a height of 23,500 feet. Everest has now been climbed, and no doubt will be again. But Denman’s feat, though superficially unsuccessful, remains a triumph against fantastic odds.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Everest, Mount (China and Nepal)
ISBN : 9780743243865

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Everest by Anonim Pdf

An illustrated history of 50 years of mountaineering on Mount Everest, with photographs from the collection of the Royal Geographic Society.