Title: The conquest of Everest : original photographs from the legendary first ascent /
Authors: Lowe, George, 1924-2013,; Lewis-Jones, Huw
Year: 2013
Subjects: Mountaineering expeditions Everest, Mount (China and Nepal) Pictorial works.; Mountaineering Everest, Mount (China and Nepal) Pictorial works.; Everest, Mount (China and Nepal)
Abstract: On May 29, 1953, Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay stood on the summit of Mount Everest. Sixty years after that first ascent, the publication of this anniversary book celebrates the most majestic of mountains, with exclusive access to the outstanding imagery and private archives of George Lowe, a key climber and photographer on that triumphant expediton.
Contents: Prologue : editor's note / Huw Lewis-Jones -- Foreword : An old friend / Sir Edmund Hillary -- Introduction : Supreme achievement / Sir Chris Bonington -- Because it is there -- Cameraman on Everest -- Beyond the summit -- Reflections / Reinhold Messner, Norbu Tenzing Norgay, Kenton Cool, Peter Hillary, Colin Monteath, Tom Hornbein, Stephen Venables, Doug Scott -- Just three pictures / Jan Morris -- Chart of the ascent of Everest -- Everest 1953 : suggestions to photographers.