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View from the Summit - Edmund Hillary

Description: ISBN 0552146943 / Author: Edmund Hillary / Genre: Biography / The first man to set foot on the summit of Everest, the man who lead a team ... more

View from the Summit - Edmund Hillary ... of tractors to the South Pole, the man who jetboated up the Ganges from the ocean to the sky has, for the first time, gathered all the remarkable adventures of a long life into one volume.

Newest Review: ... person to stand on the two poles and the 8,848 meters that is Mount Everest. Every mountaineer dreams of seeing those 4 ... more

... numbers on their altimeter one day, to stand on the roof of the world. Hillary is the idol of many young mountaineers today. Hillary starts the book near to the summit of Everest, which is my only criticism. They have reached the summit and are half way back down by the end of the first chapter. In much more detail is the expedition to supply the South Pole attempt where Hillary achieves the South Pole, even though it wasn't part of the original plan. Also the jet boat trip up the River Ganges, another first of t...more

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View from the Summit - Edmund Hillary: A view from the Summit: worth a read? (270 words)
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Edmund Hillary's view from the summit: is there anything that man cannot do? He was the first to summit Everest accompanied by Tenzing Norgay. He was the first to drive tractors to the South Pole. He also stood on the North Pole (but as he admits he cheated on that one and flew in) He was the first person to stand on the two poles and the 8,848 meters that is Mount Everest. Every mountaineer dreams of seeing those 4 numbers on their altimeter one day, to stand on the roof of the world. Hillary is the idol of many young mountaineers today. Hillary starts the book near to the summit of Everest, which is my only criticism. They have reached the summit ... Read the complete review

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