View From the Summit by Sir Edmund Hillary (1999) (SIGNED) Pat Ament

View From the Summit by Sir Edmund Hillary (1999) (SIGNED) Pat AmentAutobiography of Sir Edmund Hillary, one of the first two men atop Mount Everest. This copy in really excellent condition and is available at a fine price. 309 pages, text with four color photographic inserts, and an index. Flat signed "Ed Hillary" on the title page.

but most time is spent on the 1900s

in nice shape with small chip missing at top of spine and general wear to edges otherwise

first ascents on the North face of Triglav

Also known as "the book with the unpronounceable title"

This trio was for a long time highly valued due to the lack of subsequent editions

This edition trades the iconic orange cover of the earlier self-published editions for a handsome blue cover in the style of all the AAC-published guides from this time period

He went home

and part of which would go on to become the material for his definitive 2015 High Peaks guide

condition probably rides the line between "Fair" and "Good"

no big walls)

includes three additional chapters at the end of the book focusing on the famous free solo of El Capitan

This is one of the classics of mountaineering literature