The Ascent of Everest [Paperback]

John Hunt (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1993

Expedition leader John Hunt's account of the first ascent of Mount Everest's summit in 1953 by Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay.

Product Details

• Paperback: 280 pages
• Publisher: Mountaineers Books (May 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0898863619
• ISBN-13: 978-0898863611
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,080,352 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Required reading for every "executive", May 30, 2002

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saliero (NSW Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Ascent of Everest (Paperback)

I loved this book. Have read many Everest books, and this is one which I would use to replace the acres of "management" and "team building" books cluttering up bookshops. (Perhaps one other: about Shackelton's leadership during his abortive Antarctic expedition).

This book is old-fashioned in values, and style. It is about unfashionable concepts such as: absence of personal glory ('me-ism'). In this successful endeavour, accomplishment does not depend on tearing down what has gone before, it does not emphasise "the power of one", rather the contributions and power of many.

It is redolent of : trust, enlightened leadership, graciousness, reliability, collective spirit and ability.

I found fascinating the detail of how the "assault" was undertaken.

One quote which sums up the spirit of the venture:

" The mission we undertook was not, in our eyes, in the nature of some competition on a giant scale in which we vied to outdo the efforts of previous expeditions, dramatic and popular as such a concept might be. Indeed, prolonged attempts t climb a difficult mountain are, or should be, essentially different from those of a competitive sport. A possible analogy, however, might be that of a relay race, in which each member of a team of runners hands the baton to the next at tthe end of the allotted span, until the race is finally run. The Swiss last year received that baton of knowledge from the latest in the long chain of British climbers and they in turn, after running a brilliant lap, passed it on to us. We chanced to be the last runners in this particular race, but we might well not have succeeded in finishing, in which case we would have handed on our knowledge to our French comrades who were preparing to take up the challenge."

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Ascent of Everest, April 28, 2000

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David Wilson - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Ascent of Everest (Paperback)

An Absolute must as the book to read before trying out all the many other Everest books. The clear and descriptive image for every detail leaves the reader with an impression of "excellent graphics". In terms of modern management techniques it teaches what you need to know about teamwork, leadership and outcomes based decision making.

1.0 out of 5 stars best_bargain_books3, January 27, 2010

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