Reaching the summit
Subtitle: Sir Edmund Hillary's story
By: Alexa Johnston with David Larsen
Contributors: Larsen, David
Publisher: Puffin
Published: 2007
Place of publication: North Shore, N.Z
Language: eng
Number of pages: 173
ISBN-13: 9780143006664
Subjects: Mountaineers; Juvenile literature; Biography
Description: Tells the story of Sir Edmund Hillary, from his early days growing up in the Waikato, to his climbing expeditions and the ascent on Mt Everest, to his trek to the South Pole. Suggested level: primary, intermediate, junior secondary.
Notes: New Zealand Post Non-Fiction (Honour Award), 2008
Table of contents: title: Death zone; title: Bees an books; title: The healing crisis; title: Snowballs at midnight; title: The first peak; title: "We reckoned you'd be dead by now!"; title: The jolly Roger; title: The flying fruit cake; title: Cold feet; title: Chasing Eric Shipton; title: Rivers in flood; title: A one -in thirty chance; title: Will the swiss get there first?; title: Good news bad news; title: Base camp; title: Through the icefall; title: Ed and Tenzing; title: The summit teams; title: Cold boots; title: The last stage; title: "Awaiting improvement. All well."; title: The hero of the day; title: Tractors on ice; title: Up the skelton glacier; title: To the pole; title: Scientists and yetis; title: the schoolhouse in the clouds; title: A new kind of mountain; title: Dark days; title: High commissioner.