View from the Summit: The Remarkable Memoir by the First Person to Conquer Everest

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THE EXTRAORDINARY LIFE STORY OF
AN ORDINARY MAN WHO BECAME THE
CENTURY’S MOST IMPORTANT EXPLORER

Adventurers across the world have been inspired by the achievements of Sir Edmund Hillary, the first man ever to set foot at the summit of Mount Everest. In this candid, wry, and vastly entertaining autobiography, Hillary looks back on that 1953 landmark expedition, in addition to his remarkable explorations in other exotic locales, from the South Pole to the Ganges. View From The Summit is the compelling life story of a New Zealand country boy who daydreamed of wild adventures; the pioneering climber who used to be knighted by Queen Elizabeth after scaling the world’s tallest peak; and the elder statesman and unlikely diplomat whose groundbreaking program of aid to Nepal continues to at the present time, paying his debt of all over the world fame to the Himalayan region.
More than four decades after Hillary looked down from Everest’s 29,000 feet, his have an effect on is still felt — in our fascination with the perils and triumphs of mountain mountaineering, and in lately’s phenomenon of extreme sports. The call to adventure is alive and real on each and every page of this gripping memoir.

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