Famous Firsts: First Men to Conquer Everest

Author: Ben Hubbard Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 32 A gripping illustrated account of how Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay made history by being the first men to conquer Mount Everest. For years, climbers and explorers had dreamed of being the first to reach Mount Everest's treacherous, icy summit. On 29 May 1953, Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay finally achieved this amazing feat. Their lives would never be the same again. "A few more whacks of the ice axe, a...Read more