Tenzing Norgay and the Sherpas of Everest / Tashi Tenzing with Judy Tenzing.
Tenzing Norgay and the Sherpas of Everest / Tashi Tenzing with Judy Tenzing.
Tenzing Norgay and the Sherpas of Everest / Tashi Tenzing with Judy Tenzing.
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Camden, Me. : Ragged Mountain Press/McGraw-Hill, c2001.
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N796.522/85
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English
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Physical content
xxi, 294 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Contents
Foreword / The Dalai Lama -- Foreword / Edmund Hillary -- A Note on Sherpa Names -- Ch. 1. The Mountain and Its People -- Ch. 2. The Himalayan Club and the Tiger Medal -- Ch. 3. The First Tigers of the Snows -- Ch. 4. Tenzing's Everest Dream -- Ch. 5. Everest 1952 -- Ch. 6. Everest 1953 -- Ch. 7. Te...
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Publisher
Camden, Me. : Ragged Mountain Press/McGraw-Hill, c2001.
Place of Publication
Maine
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"Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary stood together on the summit of Everest. High in a clear, blue day with a gentle five-knot breeze, the two men stood above and apart from the rest of the world, wrapped in a private triumph. It was a moment too perfect to last. They hugged, Hillary took the famous photos, and they gazed in awe at the world's reced...
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Tenzing Norgay and the Sherpas of Everest / Tashi Tenzing with Judy Tenzing.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-288).
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N796.522/85
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74VvbAjrQkLX
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvbAjrQkLX
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ISBN
0071381805 (hbk. : alk. paper)
9780071381802 (hbk. : alk. paper)
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796.522095496
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991014918189702626
