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245 0 0 _aEverest :
_bsummit of achievement /
_cRoyal Geographical Society, London ; [senior consultant editor, Stephen Venables].
246 3 0 _aSummit of achievement
260 _aCrows Nest, N.S.W. :
_bAllen & Unwin,
_c2003.
300 _a252 pages :
_billustrations (some color), maps (some color) ;
_c30 x 32 cm
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (page 252) and index.
505 0 _aForeword / Sir Edmund Hillary -- A message from the Dalai Lama / Tenzin Gyatso -- The photographs / Joanna Wright -- The highest mountain in the world / Ed Douglas -- Chomolungma / Ed Douglas -- The long ascent, 1921-1953 / Stephen Venables -- Sherpas / Tashi and Judy Tenzing -- The continuing challenge / Stephen Venables with Reinhold Messner -- Mount Everest expedition members, 1921-1953 / Sue Thompson and Mike Westmacott -- Ascents since 1953.
520 _aChronicling the history of Everest exploration from the early years of the 20th century, this illustrated volume is published to celebrate the 50th anniversary in May 2003 of the first successful ascent of Everest by Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay on 29 May 1953.
650 0 _aMountaineering expeditions
_zEverest, Mount (China and Nepal)
_xHistory.
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650 0 _aMountaineering expeditions
_zEverest, Mount (China and Nepal)
_vPictorial works.
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650 0 _aDiscoveries in geography.
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650 0 _aMountaineering expeditions.
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651 0 _aEverest, Mount (China and Nepal)
_xDiscovery and exploration.
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651 0 _aEverest, Mount (China and Nepal)
_vPictorial works.
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651 0 _aAsia
_zMount Everest.
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700 _aVenables, Stephen,
_d1954-
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710 _aRoyal Geographical Society (Great Britain)
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