An edition of Reaching the Summit: Edmund Hillary's Life of Adventure
(2005)
Reaching the summit
Sir Edmund Hillary's story
by Alexa Johnston
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Tells the story of Sir Edmund Hillary, from his early days growing up in the Waikato, to his climbing expeditions and the ascent on Mt Everest, to his trek to the South Pole. Suggested level: primary, intermediate, junior secondary.
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Reaching the Summit: Edmund Hillary's Life of Adventure
September 19, 2005, DK ADULT
Hardcover
in English
0756615275 9780756615277
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Table of Contents
Death zone
Bees an books
The healing crisis
Snowballs at midnight
The first peak
"We reckoned you'd be dead by now!"
The jolly Roger
The flying fruit cake
Cold feet
Chasing Eric Shipton
Rivers in flood
A one -in thirty chance
Will the swiss get there first?
Good news bad news
Base camp
Through the icefall
Ed and Tenzing
The summit teams
Cold boots
The last stage
"Awaiting improvement. All well."
The hero of the day
Tractors on ice
Up the skelton glacier
To the pole
Scientists and yetis
the schoolhouse in the clouds
A new kind of mountain
Dark days
High commissioner.
Edition Notes
New Zealand Post Non-Fiction (Honour Award), 2008
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