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On May 29, 1953, a tall, gaunt-faced New Zealander named Edmund Hillary reached the top of Mount Everest, the world's highest peak. To the Top of the World tells the story of this epic conquest: how the Royal Geographic Society-Alpine Club expedition was organized, how Hillary planned the perilous assault on the southwest face of the mountain, the step-by-step, day-by-day chronicle of the arduous climb.
Mark Sufrin describes this exciting feat in vivid detail and relates as well the story of Hillary's early years and of his later exploits as one of history's most notable explorers.
What emerges from Mr. Sufrin's story and the many photographs that illustrate it is a stirring portrait of Sir Edmund Hillary the man—his daring, resourcefulness, perseverance and, above all, the incredible will that drove him to attack and conquer one of the world's most awe-inspiring natural wonders.
—from the dust jacket
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