TY  - BOOK
AU  - Venables, Stephen,
ED  - Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain)
TI  - Everest: summit of achievement 
SN  - 1741140668
AV  - GV199.44.E85 
U1  - 915.496 21
PY  - 2003///
CY  - Crows Nest, N.S.W.
PB  - Allen & Unwin
KW  - Mountaineering expeditions
KW  - Everest, Mount (China and Nepal)
KW  - History
KW  - Pictorial works
KW  - Discoveries in geography
KW  - fast
KW  - Discovery and exploration
KW  - Asia
KW  - Mount Everest
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (page 252) and index; Foreword / Sir Edmund Hillary -- A message from the Dalai Lama / Tenzin Gyatso -- The photographs / Joanna Wright -- The highest mountain in the world / Ed Douglas -- Chomolungma / Ed Douglas -- The long ascent, 1921-1953 / Stephen Venables -- Sherpas / Tashi and Judy Tenzing -- The continuing challenge / Stephen Venables with Reinhold Messner -- Mount Everest expedition members, 1921-1953 / Sue Thompson and Mike Westmacott -- Ascents since 1953
N2  - Chronicling the history of Everest exploration from the early years of the 20th century, this illustrated volume is published to celebrate the 50th anniversary in May 2003 of the first successful ascent of Everest by Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay on 29 May 1953
ER  -