Tenzing Norgay and the Sherpas of Everest /

Tenzing Norgay and the Sherpas of Everest /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Tenzing, Tashi.
Imprint:	Camden, Me. : Ragged Mountain Press/McGraw-Hill, c2001.
Description:	xxi, 294 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Tenzing Norkey, -- 1914-1986 Tenzing Norkey, -- 1914-1986 Mountaineering -- Everest, Mount (China and Nepal) -- History. Mountaineers -- Nepal. Sherpa (Nepalese people) Mountaineering. Mountaineers. Sherpa (Nepalese people) Everest, Mount (China and Nepal) Asia -- Mount Everest. Nepal. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5664777

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Other authors / contributors:	Tenzing, Judy.
ISBN:	0071381805 (hbk. : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-288).

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgments
Foreword
Foreword
A Note on Sherpa Names
Introduction
Chapter 1. The Mountain and Its People
Chapter 2. The Himalayan Club and the Tiger Medal
Chapter 3. The First Tigers of the Snows
Chapter 4. Tenzing's Everest Dream
Chapter 5. Everest 1952
Chapter 6. Everest 1953
Chapter 7. Tenzing After Everest
Chapter 8. My Ouest for Everest
Chapter 9. Other Tenzings on Everest
Chapter 10. The New Lords of Everest
Chapter 11. More Than Mountains
Chapter 12. Change and the Future
Sherpa Ascents of Everest 1953-2000
Brief Bibliography
A Note from the Writer
Art Credits
Author Biography
Maps
Overview Map of the Region
The Solu Khumbu
Mount Everest