num_pages: 0
description: Expedition leader John Hunt's account of the first ascent of Mount Everest's summit in 1953 by Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay.
language: English
title: The Ascent of Everest
titlecomplete: The Ascent of Everest
genres: Historical, Biography, War, Adventure, Mountaineering, Science, Nonfiction, Travel, Art, History
ratings_count: 643
places: Mount Everest
publisher: Mountaineers Books