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Sixty years after Mount Everest was first climbed, this original book of letters celebrates, in a very personal way, this most majestic of mountains. With exclusive access to the private archives of pioneering New Zealand climber George Lowe, this is a welcome tribute with an unsung hero. The ascent of Everest in the summertime of 1953 was one of the 20th century's great triumphs of exploration. George Lowe's initiatives on the pile were essential to the endeavour. He was one of the business lead climbers, forging the way up Everest's Lhotse Face without air and later lowering steps for his lovers the summit ridge. In this particular touching e book, read by Dan Stevens, a trove of unpublished letters from the Lowe collection are brought together for the very first time, to describe the day-by-day moments of this historical expedition as never before. As often as he could, George composed letters home to his family. In turn, they could then keep their friends updated with news, frequently before the local newspapers got full accounts of the climb. These uncommon letters from Everest give a vivid, behind-the-scenes witness of a climb that would make history. In clear and chic prose, this is a distinctive testimony of a superlative human success.
