Reaching The Summit

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Published by DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley), New York, 2005, 1st US Edition, D/w (slight nicks), Nr. Fine.   The authorised and lavishly illustrated biography of Sir Edmund Hillary (1919-2008), which starts with his youth and discovery of a love for mountaineering and covers his full and remarkable life to the First Ascent of Everest and for fifty years thereafter, including his varied expeditions and humanitarian work for the Sherpa people of Nepal.  Alexa Johnston is the only official biographer of Sir Edmund Hillary, but also a family friend, and was given free access to Sir Edmund’s archives, as well as meeting many of the people who have been his closest associates and friends over the years.