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Publisher
Dutton, Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
xviii, 429 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Description
"Veteran climber Mark Synnott never planned on climbing Mount Everest, but a hundred-year mystery lured him into an expedition--and an awesome history of passionate adventure, chilling tragedy, and human aspiration unfolded"--
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
1 DVD (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In 1953, the ascent of Everest remained the last of Earth's great challenges. Standing at over 29,000ft, the world's highest mountain posed a fearsome challenge and had already claimed thirteen lives in previous expeditions. When Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay finally achieved the impossible and became the first men to stand atop Everest, it was an event that stunned the world and defined an era.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (262 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Sir Edmund Hillary was a bee-keeper, mountaineer, war veteran, explorer, philanthropist, husband, father, and the first person to ever reach the summit of Mount Everest. From his childhood in South Auckland, New Zealand, to the plane crash that killed his wife and daughter, the intriguing drama portrays the life, loves, and losses of one of the most famous explorers of all time.
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