High In The Thin Cold Air - Edmund Hillary & Desmond Doig

Desmond Doig, the Expeditions's press correspondent and expert linguist, tells of the search for the elusive Yeti - the Abominable Snowman of Sherpa legend - and of all that was learned if the lives, customs, and mythology of the Sherpa people. Sir Edmund Hillary, the Expedition Leader, relates how they built a prefabricated laboratory, the Silver Hut, at 19,000 feet, where nine doctors, physiologists and climbers spent the winter under the leadership of Dr Griffith Pugh; how group of climbers from the wintering party, led by Dr Michael Ward, reached the summit of the 'unclimbable' Amadablam; how the Expedition, joined by a party of fresh climbers, moved over three 20,000 foot passes to Mt Makalu for the attempt of the summit.

Hardback with dj

Non adhesive pvc cover

Illustrated

Printed - 1963

Pages -287

Bumps , scuffs, tears and marks to dj - now protected by pvc cover

Age spots / foxing

Overall condition - good used book

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