Richard Platt
DK Discoveries: Everest
Hardcover
(DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley) Sept. 7, 2000)
, UK ed. edition
This is the story of mountaineering from the early days of mountain exploration by scientists to modern assaults using the latest high-tech equipment. It features an account of Mallory and Irving's ill-fated attempt in 1924, the eventual conquest of Everest in 1954 by John Hunt's expedition and Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing's heroic assault. There are also fact-finder pages on how mountains are formed and mountaineering milestones.
- Series
- Discoveries
- ISBN
- 0751366560 / 9780751366563
- Pages
- 48
- Weight
- 19.2 oz.
- Dimensions
- 8.7 x 0.4 in.
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