"Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary each tell their story, culminating in their thrilling ascent of Mount Everest ... In 1953, the two men set out on the same expedition to climb Everest. Their party numbers four hundred, counting all the guides and porters. But the climb is grueling, and eventually Norgay and Hillary are the only two determined to continue. They tramp over windswept glaciers, crawl across rope bridges, hack footholds in the ice, until finally they reach the top of the world. This ... true adventure story, told in a dual narrative, includes illustrated backmatter rich in geography, history and science"-- Provided by publisher.
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