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The Hillary Step: From Everest To The South Pole

During the three-month-long expedition, Hillary and his two companions skied 900 miles across the forbidding and beautiful expanse of Antarctica to the South Pole. Early on, the relationships in the little tent disintegrated to acrimony and distrust, and exploded on their return, damaging friendships and resulting in profound soul-searching. This is the story of that journey: a chronicle of profound isolation, of great stamina and skill, of the mental and emotional toll exacted by travel in extreme environments. It is also a meditation on a lifetime spent on the edge, a memory book of more than 30 expeditions in the Himalayas, the Andes, the Arctic and the Antarctic. It tells of triumphant adventures - travelling with his father, Sir Edmund Hillary, and Neil Armstrong to the
North Pole, climbing Everest twice - and bitter tragedies, like the loss of his mother and sister in a plane crash in the Himalayas, and the shattering K2 climb where Peter was the only one of eight climbers (including Alison Hargreaves) to survive. In the Hillary Steps is a radical departure from the adventure genre, a literate and evocative tribute to the crafts of polar travel and mountaineering, a Shackleton-like tale of endurance, and a compelling contemplation on a life of adventure and accomplishment.
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During the three-month-long expedition, Hillary & his two companions skied 900 miles across the forbidding & beautiful expanse of Antarctica to the South Pole. Early on, the relationships in the little tent disintegrated to acrimony & distrust, & exploded on their return, damaging friendships & resulting in profound soul-searching. This is the story of that journey: a chronicle of profound isolation, of great stamina & skill, of the mental & emotional toll exacted by travel in extreme environments. It is also a meditation on a lifetime spent on the edge, a memory book of more than 30 expeditions in the Himalayas, the Andes, the Arctic & the Antarctic. It tells of triumphant adventures
- travelling with his father, Sir Edmund Hillary, & Neil Armstrong to the North Pole, climbing Everest twice
- & bitter tragedies, like the loss of his mother & sister in a plane crash in the Himalayas, & the shattering K2 climb where Peter was the only one of eight climbers (including Alison Hargreaves) to survive. In the Hillary Steps is a radical departure from the adventure genre, a literate & evocative tribute to the crafts of polar travel & mountaineering, a Shackleton-like tale of endurance, & a compelling contemplation on a life of adventure & accomplishment.

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