Description: Up For your inspection is this excellent Edmund Hillary signed ' High Adventure" Easton book about the first successful climb of Mt Everest in 1953.. The book opens firm and stiff as if unread. I will also include an uncirculated $5 dollar New Zealand legal tender note commemorating Sir Edmund. I have several $5 bills with consecutive numbers. The one you receive may not be the exact one scanned, but all are uncirculated and just a number or two apart. A review I found Fear lives among Everest's mighty ice-fluted faces and howls across its razor-sharp crags. Gnawing at reason and enslaving minds, it has killed many and defeated countless others. But in 1953, Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay stared into its dark eye and did not waver. On May 29, they pushed spent bodies and aching lungs past the achievable to pursue the impossible. At a terminal altitude of 29,028 feet, they stood triumphant atop the highest peak in the world. With nimble words and a straightforward style, New Zealand mountaineering legend Hillary recollects the bravery and frustration, the agony and glory that marked his Everest odyssey. From the 1951 expedition that led to the discovery of the Southern Route, through the grueling Himalayan training of 1952, and on to the successful 1953 expedition led by Colonel John Hunt, Hillary conveys in precise language the mountain's unforgiving conditions. In explicit detail he recalls an Everest where chaotic icefalls force costly detours, unstable snow ledges promise to avalanche at the slightest misstep, and brutal weather shifts from pulse-stopping cold to fiendish heat in mere minutes. In defiance of these torturous conditions, Hillary remains enthusiastic and never hesitates in his quest for the summit. Despite the enormity of his and Norgay's achievement, he regards himself, Norgay, and the other members of his expedition as hardworking men, not heroes. And while he never would have reached the top without practiced skill and technical competence, his thrilling memoir speaks first to his admiration of the human drive to explore, to understand, to risk, and to conquer.Features include: Fully bound in genuine leather. 22kt gold deeply inlaid on the "hubbed" spine. Superbly printed on acid-neutral paper that lasts for generations. Sewn pages — not just glued like ordinary books. Handsome moiré endpages and a satin-ribbon page marker. Gilded page ends. Printed and bound in the USA. Imported materials. Rigorous inspection at every stage ensures adherence to our exacting standards. Superb craftsmanship and commitment to quality.
Price: 188 USD
Location: Colorado Springs, Colorado
End Time: 2024-11-08T20:59:24.000Z
Shipping Cost: 7.5 USD
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Binding: Leather
Language: English
Special Attributes: Collector's Edition
Author: Edmund Hillary
Publisher: Easton Press
Topic: Mountaineering
Subject: Mount Everest
