The Ascent of Everest.

HUNT, John; Hillary.

Item Number: 26053

London: Hodder & Houghton, 1953.

First edition of this classic account of the ascent of Everest. Octavo, original blue cloth. Signed by eleven team members on 5 blank leaves bound in front, which include, John Hunt, Edmund Hillary, Charles Evans, Tom Bourdillon, Alfred Gregory, George Lowe, Michael Westmacott, George Band, Wilfrid Noyce, Michael Ward, and Griffith Pugh, and the taped cut signature of James Morris. Also with a mounted group photo taken at the Pen-Y-Cwryd Hotel in Snowdonia, Wales. A unique collection of autographs of the original Everest Expedition team.

The 1953 British Expedition to Mount Everest was the eighth in 30 years to attempt Everest. On May 29th, 1953 Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa guide Tenzing Norgay at last stood at the summit; it was a culminating moment in mountaineering history, and one of the great achievements of human stamina and will. The Ascent of Everest was written by Sir John Hunt, the leader of the expedition, in one month to satisfy the great demand around the world for the story of the British team’s success. Chapter 16 is Sir Edmund Hillary’s stirring account of the final part of the climb, and the appendices are by members of the expedition.