by Edmund Hillary · Bloomsbury Paperbacks · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780747566960
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«High Adventure» is Edmund Hillary's mountaineering account, published by Bloomsbury Paperbacks in paperback (256 pages, in English).
Edmund Hillary narrates in the first person how he joined an expedition in 1951 to seek a new route to Everest from Nepal, after attempts on the north face from Tibet had failed. The book covers the planning and challenges of the icy slopes, culminating in the historic first ascent of the summit in 1953.
This Bloomsbury Paperbacks edition was published in 2003, and the original work appeared in 1955. Its subject matter falls within sport, history and mountaineering.
Reading for enthusiasts of mountaineering history and exploration chronicles.
