South Col: One Man's Adventure on the Ascent of Everest 1953 (edition 1707)

by Wilfrid Noyce (Author)

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Wilfrid Noyce was the first member of the 1953 Everest expedition to accomplish the ascent of the South Col, the small plateau just below the summit. His memoir captures the numbing feeling of intense cold, the shriek of high winds, and the austere beauty of glacier and snowfall and stone.

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Title:	South Col: One Man's Adventure on the Ascent of Everest 1953
Authors:	Wilfrid Noyce (Author)
Info:	Birlinn Ltd (1707), 324 pages
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Mount Everest / Sagarmatha

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First Ascent of Mount Everest

1953 British Expedition to Mount Everest.

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Wilfrid Noyce was the first member of the 1953 Everest expedition to accomplish the ascent of the South Col, the small plateau just below the summit. His memoir captures the numbing feeling of intense cold, the shriek of high winds, and the austere beauty of glacier and snowfall and stone.

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