Lustre Press, 2003
Rs 3,200

This is the first and only book to benefit from complete access to the Royal Geographical Society's rich collection of photographs, documents and artifacts. Painstakingly selected from over 20,000 subjects and more than 400 photographs, it records the surveying, planning and expeditions beginning in 1921 and culminating in Hillary and Norgay's landmark feat. Contributors include Joanna Wright, John Keay, Ed Douglas and Tashi and Judy Tenzing. Foreword by Sir Edmund Hillary.