The conquest of Everest
Subtitle: original photographs from the legendary first ascent
By: George Lowe and Huw Lewis-Jones
Contributors: Lewis-Jones, Huw, author
Publisher: Thames & Hudson, Limited
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 239
ISBN-13: 9780500544235
Subjects: Mount Everest Expedition (1953); Mountaineering expeditions; Pictorial works; Mountaineering
Other titles: Everest
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (page 238) and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue : editor's note / Huw Lewis-Jones; title: Foreword : An old friend / Sir Edmund Hillary; title: Introduction : Supreme achievement / Sir Chris Bonington; title: Because it is there; title: Cameraman on Everest; title: Beyond the summit; title: Reflections / Reinhold Messner, Norbu Tenzing Norgay, Kenton Cool, Peter Hillary, Colin Monteath, Tom Hornbein, Stephen Venables, Doug Scott; title: Just three pictures / Jan Morris; title: Chart of the ascent of Everest; title: Everest 1953 : suggestions to photographers.