author - Alexa Johnston - Penguin Books - $35
60 years ago New Zealand's greatest adventurer Edmund Hillary made world history with his ascent of Mt Everest.
This intimate and inspiring book, first published in 2005 and reissued now on the 60th anniversary of the first ascent of Mt.Everest, tells the full story of Sir Edmund Hillary's extraordinary life, from his expeditions to remote corners of the world to his humanitarian activities serving the Sherpa people.
Drawing on Sir Ed's personal archives, it is a portrait of a revered yet modest man who lived life to the full – surviving personal tragedies as well as achieving historic triumphs, earning worldwide fame and displaying tireless philanthropy.
This intimate and inspiring book, first published in 2005 and reissued now on the 60th anniversary of the first ascent of Mt.Everest, tells the full story of Sir Edmund Hillary's extraordinary life, from his expeditions to remote corners of the world to his humanitarian activities serving the Sherpa people.
Drawing on Sir Ed's personal archives, it is a portrait of a revered yet modest man who lived life to the full – surviving personal tragedies as well as achieving historic triumphs, earning worldwide fame and displaying tireless philanthropy.
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