On the morning of 2 June 1953, the day of Queen Elizabeth's
coronation, the first news broke that Everest had finally been
conquered. Drawing on first-hand interviews and unprecedented
access to archives, this is a ground-breaking new account of that
extraordinary first ascent. Revealing that what has gone down in
history as a supremely well-planned expedition was actually beset
by crisis and controversy, Everest 1953 recounts a bygone age of
self-sacrifice and heroism, using letters and personal diaries to
reveal the immense stress and heartache the climbers often hid from
their fellow team members. Charting how the ascent affected the
original team in subsequent years and detailing its immense
cultural impact today, Everest 1953 is the perfect book to
commemorate this remarkable feat of the human will.
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