The ascent of Everest / by John Hunt (Brigadier Sir John Hunt, C.B.E., D.S.O.)

Hunt, John Hunt Baron (1910-1998)

Published by London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1953

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Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: xx, 299 pages, 48 pages of plates: frontispiece, illustrations (some color), maps; 23 cm. Contents: Part I: Background. Perspective -- The problem -- Part II: Planning. Preparations: one -- Preparations: two -- Part III: Approach. To Nepal -- To Khumbu -- Rehearsals -- Icefall -- Part IV: Build-up. Stock-piling -- Lhotse Face: one -- The plan -- Lhotse Face: two -- Part V: Assault. South Col: one -- South Col: two -- South Peak -- The summit by Edmund Hillary -- Part VI: Aftermath. Return -- Reflections -- Appendices. Diary of the expedition, September 1952-June 1953, compiled by Wilfrid Noyce -- Preparations for the Everest Expedition 1953: organization -- Basis for planning -- Equipment, by Charles Wylie -- Oxygen, by Tom Bourdillion -- Diet, by Griffith Pugh and George Band -- Physiology and medicine, by Griffith Pugh and Michael Ward -- Everest, 1953: Assault load tables -- Acknowledgments of assistance in launching the expedition. Subjects: Hunt, John Hunt Baron 1910-1998. Mount Everest Expedition 1953. Mountaineering Everest, Mount (China and Nepal). Mountaineers Great Britain; Biography. Everest, Mount (China and Nepal) Description and travel. Himalaya Mountains. Genre: Illustrated. 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 334218

Bibliographic Details

Title: The ascent of Everest / by John Hunt (...

Publisher: London: Hodder & Stoughton

Publication Date: 1953

Binding: Hardcover

Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

Edition: 1st Edition.