{"product_id":"everest-summit-of-achievement","title":"Everest  -  Summit of Achievement","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Stephen Venables\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Roli Books\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2003\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 252\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 8174362576\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn 29 May 1953, Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay stood atop the highest mountain in the world, where no one had ever stood before. This magnificent volume celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of their historic climb, and chronicles the history of Everest exploration from the early years of the twentieth century to the present. It is the first and only book on the subject to benefit from complete access to the Royal Geographical Society’s astonishingly rich collection of photographs, documents, and artifacts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\nPainstakingly selected from over 20,000 subjects, more than 400 photographs – many never before published – record the surveying, planning, reconnaissance expeditions, and ascents that the Royal Geographical Society and the Alpine Club jointly launched –beginning in 1921 and culminating in Hillary and Norgay’s landmark feat. Among the memorable photographs reproduced here are the first aerial views of Mount Everest; the last known photograph of George Mallory and Andrew Irvine, who perished soon afterward on the slopes of Everest; Hillary’s iconic photograph of Tenzing Norgay standing triumphant on Everest’s summit; images showing the daily experience of expedition members along with the dangers they faced; portraits of the life and customs of the Sherpas and the other Tibetan peoples; and the spectacular beauty of the Everest massif itself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\nThese unique and breathtaking images are prefaced by Sir Edmund Hillary and His Holiness the Dalai Lama, and are accompanied by chapters written by renowned mountaineer Stephen Venables; the well-know mountain journalist and climber Ed Douglas; Judy and Tashi Tenzing, grandson of the famed Sherpa Tensing Norgay; and  noted historian John Keay.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\nThe result is a work of lasting significance that captures as never before the sense of discovery, excitement, achievement, and exhilaration experienced over the years by those who are brave and determined enough to challenge the world’s greatest mountain.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFOREWORD\u003cbr\u003e\r\nSir Edmund Hillary\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\nA MESSAGE FROM THE DALAI LAMA\u003cbr\u003e\r\nTenzin Gyatso, His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\nTHE PHOTOGRAPHS\u003cbr\u003e\r\nJoanna Wright, Curator of Photography, Royal Geographical Society\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\nTHE HIGHEST MOUNTAIN IN THE WORLD\u003cbr\u003e\r\nJohn Keay\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\nCHOMOLUNGMA: ABODE OF THE GODS\u003cbr\u003e\r\nEd Douglas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\nTHE LONG ASCENT, 1921-1953\u003cbr\u003e\r\nStephen Venables\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\nSHERPAS: TIGERS OF THE SNOW\u003cbr\u003e\r\nTashi and Judy Tenzing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\nTHE CONTINUING CHALLENGE\u003cbr\u003e\r\nStephen Venables with Reinhold Messner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\nMOUNT EVEREST EXPEDITION MEMBERS, 1921-1953\u003cbr\u003e\r\nSue Thompson and Mike Westmacott\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\nASCENTS SINCE 1953\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\nEndnotes, Suggested Reading, and Picture Acknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Stephen Venables \/ Roli Books \/ Hardcover","offer_id":68153532350832,"sku":"80029","price":195.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1041\/5203\/9792\/files\/80029.jpg?v=1793910768","url":"https:\/\/marketcalvexa.shop\/products\/everest-summit-of-achievement","provider":"Alderstone House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}