Edmund Hillary : A Biography

Gill, Michael, 1937- author.

EBook 2017

This new and important biography of Sir Edmund Hillary, a truly great New Zealander, breaks new ground among previous accounts of his life. The author, Michael Gill, was a close friend of Edmund Hillary's for over 50 years, accompanying him on many expeditions, and becoming heavily involved in his Himalayan aid work. He was also granted access by Sir Edmund's children to a large archive of private papers and photos that were deposited in the Auck...

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ISBN:

9781911342977

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Hillary

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Electronic book
Electronic reproduction. LaVergne Vertebrate Publishing 2019 Available via World Wide Web

Contents:

Introduction
A pioneering heritage
Percy goes to Gallipoli
Growing up in Tuakau and Auckland
'The most uncertain and miserable years of my life'
Escape into the Air Force
Harry Ayres teaches Ed the craft of mountaineering
The New Zealand Garhwal expedition and the Shipton cable
Everest reconnaissance 1951
Everest from Tibet, 1921 and 1922
Mallory and Irvine, 1924
The 1930s, a decade of disillusion
Lessons on Cho Oyu, 1952
The Swiss get close, 1952
Organizing Everest, 1953
'We were on top of Everest!'
'The most sensible action I've ever taken'
'A somehwhat disastrous journey' into the Barun Valley
Employment opportunity in the Antarctic
Scott Base
'Hellbent for the Pole'
Beekeeper in search of a better-paying occupation
The Silver Hut expedition
Makalu unravels
Three new careers
Repaying a debt
The best decade of Ed's life
A plane crash ends two lives and blights another
Killing time making films
Ocean to sky, the last big expedition
Reconciliation
The last two decades
Epilogue

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3118914

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