Articles on and by Sir Edmund Hillary

Consists of a folder of newspaper articles on and by Sir Edmund Hillary. An unsourced book review of George Lowe's 'From Everest to the South Pole' republished in 1961, discusses Lowe's association with Hillary. Three articles commemorate the 20th anniversary of the 1953 ascent of Mt Everest by Hillary and Tensing Norkey, and assess this climbing achievement. They also discuss Hillary's character, career as a mountaineer and Antarctic explorer. One article mentions a planned circumnavigation of Cape Horn to be led by Hillary.

Two newspaper articles by Hillary are included. The first, 'Ordeal on Makalu' (Sunday Times July 2 1961) gives an account of an unsuccessful ascent of Mt Makalu. In the second article, 'Forbidding Mt Herschel Yields Twice to Determined Team' (Evening Post Feb 1 1968) Hillary writes of the successful ascent of Mt Herschel by members of his team in October 1967.

Also included in the folder are copies of Reuters telegraphs dated 14 and 15 May 1973. They announce Hillary's attendance in Darjeeling, India, at a world conference on mountaineering and other 20th Everest ascent anniversary observations. Also reported is an exchange between Hillary and members of an Italian Defence Ministry Expedition on the size and nature of their 1973 summit of Everest.

Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres.