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Title: LETTERS FROM EVEREST
A FIRST-HAND ACCOUNT FROM THE EPIC FIRST ASCENT
By: George Lowe, Huw Lewis-Jones (Editor), Huw Lewis-Jones
Format: Hardback

List price: £12.00


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ISBN 10: 0955525535
ISBN 13: 9780955525537
Publisher: POLARWORLD
Pub. date: 2 May, 2013
Pages: 176
Description: The conquest of Everest in the summer of 1953 was one of the twentieth-century's greatest triumphs of exploration. George Lowe was one of the lead climbers, forging the route up Everest's Lhotse Face without oxygen. This book features letters from the Lowe collection that describe the day-by-day moments of this historic expedition.
Synopsis: Sixty years after the first ascent of Mount Everest, this unique book of letters celebrates, in a very personal way, this most majestic of mountains. With exclusive access to the private archives of pioneering New Zealand climber George Lowe, this is a welcome tribute to an unsung hero. The conquest of Everest in the summer of 1953 was one of the twentieth-century's greatest triumphs of exploration. George Lowe's exploits on the mountain would become legendary. He was one of the lead climbers, forging the route up Everest's Lhotse Face without oxygen, and later cutting steps for his partners up the summit ridge. In this touching book, a trove of unpublished letters from the Lowe collection are brought together for the first time, to describe the day-by-day moments of this historic expedition as never before. In clear and elegant prose, this is a unique testimony of a superlative human achievement.
Illustrations: 15 photos and images
Publication: UK
Imprint: Silverbear
Returns: Returnable
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