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Everest : the summit of achievement

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"Royal Geographical Society, London".
First published: 2003.
Includes over 400 photographs from the Royal Geographical Society's collection.

Contents

Preface to the sixtieth anniversary edition / Stephen Venables
Foreword to the fiftieth anniversary edition / Sir Edmund Hillary
A message from the Dalai Lama / Tezin Gyatso, His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama
The photographs / Joanna Wright
The highest mountain in the world / John Keay
Chomolungma: abode of the gods / Ed Douglas
The long ascent, 1921-1953 / Stephen Venables
Sherpas: tigers of the snow / Tashi and Judy Tenzing
The continuing challenge / Stephen Venables with Reinhold Messner
Mount Everest expedition members, 1921-1953 / Sue Thompson and Mike Westmacott.

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