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Nothing Venture, Nothing Win
by Hillary, Edmund, Sir
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0698106490
- ISBN 13
- 9780698106499
- Seller
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New Castle, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
Coward McCann, 1975. Hard cover. Very Good/Very Good. 9x5x1. The autobiography of adventurer Sir Edmund Hillary, conqueror of Everest, Antarctic explorer and friend of the Sherpas. Sir Edmund Percival Hillary (1919 â 2008) was a New Zealand mountaineer, explorer, and philanthropist. On 29 May 1953, Hillary and Sherpa mountaineer Tenzing Norgay became the first climbers confirmed to have reached the summit of Mount Everest. They were part of the ninth British expedition to Everest, led by John Hunt. From 1985 to 1988 he served as New Zealand's High Commissioner to India and Bangladesh and concurrently as Ambassador to Nepal. Hillary became interested in mountaineering while in secondary school. He made his first major climb in 1939, reaching the summit of Mount Ollivier. Prior to the Everest expedition, Hillary had been part of the British reconnaissance expedition to the mountain in 1951 as well as an unsuccessful attempt to climb Cho Oyu in 1952. As part of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition he reached the South Pole overland in 1958. He subsequently reached the North Pole, making him the first person to reach both poles and summit Everest. Time named him one of the 100 most influential people of the 20th century.
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- Bookseller
- Michael Patrick McCarty, Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- SKU2010026252
- Title
- Nothing Venture, Nothing Win
- Author
- Hillary, Edmund, Sir
- Format/Binding
- Hard cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0698106490
- ISBN 13
- 9780698106499
- Publisher
- Coward McCann
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1975
- Size
- 9x5x1
- X weight
- 28 oz
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