β Messner, Reinhold
π Fiction
π Czech
β 1 MB
π 1 views
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Everest - The First Ascent
β Scribed by Harriet Tuckey
- Publisher
- Lyons Press
- Year
- 2013
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 907 KB
- Category
- Fiction
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
Winner:
Banff Award for Mountain and Wilderness Literature
The British Sportsbook Award for Outstanding General Sports Writing
The Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature
Finalist for the HW Fisher Biographer's Prize
Everest was not conquered by force of will alone. It required immense planning, research, and preparation. Dr. Griffith Pugh's role in the first successful ascent of Everest in 1953 by Edmund Hilary and Tenzing Norgay was absolutely pivotal, yet this story has until now remained untold. As the expedition's physiological consultant, Pugh designed almost every aspect of the survival strategy for the expedition, the acclimatisation programme, the oxygen- and fluid-intake regime, the diet, the clothing and the high altitude boots. A spirit of gentleman-amateurism had prevailed previously and this new scientific professionalism ensured the success of the expedition and opened the way for a stunning stream of mountaineering successes. <BR...
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