TY - BOOK AU - Stewart,Alexandra AU - Todd-Stanton,Joe TI - Everest: the remarkable story of Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay SN - 9781526600769 (hbk.) : U1 - 796.522095496 23 PY - 2019/// CY - London PB - Bloomsbury Children's Books KW - Hillary, Edmund, KW - Tenzing Norkey, KW - Mount Everest Expedition KW - (1953) KW - Juvenile literature KW - Mountaineering expeditions KW - Everest, Mount (China and Nepal) KW - History KW - 20th century KW - Non-Fiction 9+ KW - ukslc KW - Sport N2 - In the late morning of May 29th 1953, the sun was shining brightly on the roof of the world, a gentle breeze was blowing and two men were there to witness it for the first time ever. Their names were Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay and the roof of the world was Everest. This is the story of how two very different yet equally determined men battled frost-biting temperatures, tumbling ice rocks, powerful winds and death-defying ridges to reach the top of the world's highest mountain. Join these two unlikely heroes on the most amazing of adventures and discover the impact of hundreds of men and women that helped Hillary and Tenzing achieve their goal. But triumphs can be marred with tragedy as not everyone who climbs Everest survives ER -