High Adventure: The True Story of the First Ascent of Everest

High Adventure

The True Story of the First Ascent of Everest

By
Edmund Hillary
Edmund Hillary
1955 • 274 pages

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Everest

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High Adventure: The True Story of the First Ascent of Everest

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