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Sir Edmund Hillary
Samuel Willard Crompton
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Description for Sir Edmund Hillary
After two years of training with the British Mount Everest Expedition, Edmund Hillary, along with Nepalese Sherpa Tenzing Norgay, completed the challenging climb to become the first men to reach the summit of the world's highest peak, Mount Everest, on May 29, 1953. This title helps you learn about this daring explorer and his accomplishments. Series: Great Explorers. Num Pages: 112 pages, full-colour & black-&-white photographs & maps, sidebars, chronology & timeline, bibliogr. BIC Classification: BGH; RGR; YQH. Category: (ES) Secondary; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 13. Weight in Grams: 398.
After two years of training with the British Mount Everest Expedition, Edmund Hillary, along with Nepalese Sherpa Tenzing Norgay, completed the challenging climb to become the first men to reach the summit of the world's highest peak, Mount Everest, on May 29, 1953. But this historic achievement didn't mean the end of Hillary's adventures. In 1955, he led a party across Antarctica by snow tractor, pioneering a new route to the South Pole. Hillary followed this up by leading several expeditions to the Himalayas, and establishing the Himalayan Trust, which has funded more than 30 schools in Nepal, as well ... Read more
After two years of training with the British Mount Everest Expedition, Edmund Hillary, along with Nepalese Sherpa Tenzing Norgay, completed the challenging climb to become the first men to reach the summit of the world's highest peak, Mount Everest, on May 29, 1953. But this historic achievement didn't mean the end of Hillary's adventures. In 1955, he led a party across Antarctica by snow tractor, pioneering a new route to the South Pole. Hillary followed this up by leading several expeditions to the Himalayas, and establishing the Himalayan Trust, which has funded more than 30 schools in Nepal, as well ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Chelsea House Publishers United States
Number of pages
112
Condition
New
Series
Great Explorers
Number of Pages
112
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Broomall, United States
ISBN
9781604134209
SKU
V9781604134209
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About Samuel Willard Crompton
Samuel Willard Crompton has contributed sections on explorers and exploration to a number of works, including the American National Biography and the Atlas of Exploration. Crompton teaches history at Westfield State College and Holyoke Community College.
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