After Everest
Subtitle: inside the private world of Edmund Hillary
By: Paul Little with Carolyne Meng-Yee
Contributors: Meng-Yee, Carolyne
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Sydney; Auckland [N.Z.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 250
ISBN-13: 9781877505201
Subjects: Explorers; Travel; Description and travel; Biography; Mountaineers
Other titles: Inside the private world of Edmund Hillary
Description: "Edmund Hillary is a towering figure among adventurers. His conquest of Everest and his dedication to the welfare of the Nepalese people is well known. While much has been written about what Sir Edmund Hillary did, 'Ed', the man behind the legend, is less well known in large part because he controlled how his story was told. The years leading up to Everest and the other great adventures are remarkable enough, but it is the drama of Ed's later years that throws light onto the world of the private man: the death of his wife and daughter in an air crash, his remarriage to the widow of an old friend, and, finally, the falling out, after his own death, of family members and those in his inner circle. Ed's image was that of a simple, straightforward man, but in reality he was a complex bundle of paradoxes. He was an individualist who always worked with a team; a young loner who came to be loved by millions; a sometimes distant father who was seen as a surrogate parent by thousands of Nepalese; and a left-leaning thinker who accepted the highest order of chivalry from Queen Elizabeth II. This is the story of the man behind the legend."--Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-246) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: -- 1.; title: First steps -- -- 2.; title: On top -- -- 3.; title: Down to earth -- -- 4.; title: Family life -- -- 5.; title: To the end of the Earth -- -- 6.; title: Triple peak -- -- 7.; title: The best adventure -- -- 8.; title: The catastrophe -- -- 9.; title: The dharma bums -- -- 10.; title: Another chance -- -- 11.; title: Like father, like son -- -- 12.; title: Politics -- -- 13.; title: India -- -- 14.; title: Trust in turmoil -- -- 15.; title: Story approval -- -- 16.; title: A view from the summit -- -- 17.; title: Death and legacy -- -- 18.; title: The watch that became a time bomb -- -- 19.; title: Ed of State.