The Conquest of Everest: Original Photographs from the Legendary First Ascent 征服珠峰

CelebratingthefirstascentofMountEverestinMay1953withexclusiveaccesstotheremarkableimageryandprivatearchivesoflegendaryclimberandphotographerGeorgeLowe,whoaccompaniedHillaryandNorgayonthatfirsttriumphantexpeditionPublishedtomarkthesixtiethanniversaryoftheconquestofMountEverest,thisvisuallyspectacularbookfeaturesatroveoforiginalphotographsandotherrarematerialsfromtheGeorgeLowecollection,manyunpublished,complementedbyclassicimagesfromthefinalascent.Stunninglandscapes,candidportraits,andactionshotsdescribetheday-by-daymomentsofthehistoricexpeditionasneverbefore.TheextraordinaryjourneyisretoldfromLowe’spointofview,capturingthedramaoftheexpeditionandthepersonalstoriesofthoseinvolved.Inaddition,earlierattemptsatclimbingtheworld’shighestmountainandkeylaterascentsaredescribed.Thebookalsoincludescontributionsfromanimpressiveteamofmountaineersandexplorers,includingReinholdMessner,SirChrisBonington,thelateSirEdmundHillary,PeterHillary,DougScott,StephenVenables,NorbuTenzingNorgay,TomHornbein,KentonCool,andJanMorris.Notonlytheanniversaryofthefirstsuccessfulascent,2013alsomarksfiftyyearssincethefirstAmericanascentandtheepicfirstascentoftheWestRidge.167illustrationsincolorandblackandwhite