xi, 210 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 x 32 cm
Contents
Foreword / Earl Carter -- Introduction -- Everest 1953: the first ascent -- The high world -- Blackpool -- Changing worlds -- Africa
Summary
In 1953 Alfred Gregory was chief photographer for the triumphant British team that took Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay to the summit of Everest. There he took spectacular photographs that record not only the human struggle to conquer the Himalaya but also the once-pristine beauty of the world's highest mountain