FROM THE OCEAN TO THE SKY: Jet boating up the Ganges by Edmund Hillary 1979

FROM THE OCEAN TO THE SKY: Jet boating up the Ganges

by Edmund Hillary

DESCRIPTION
ISBN: 0340224606
Format: medium hardcover with dust jacket
Published: Hodder & Stoughton 1979, 1st edition
Size (mm): 160 w x 240 h x 35 d
Pages: 272
SKU: A4/2507/0365/K582

ABOUT
The story of Hillary's exhilarating journey and this rare view into the heart and soul of India will prove as irresistible as the mysterious lure of Mother Ganga itself.

The 1500-mile-long trek provided as many challenges as the conqueror of Everest and his crew had imagined, from powering jet boats up treacherous rapids to the ultimate test of climbing Akash Parbat, above which, according to Hindu tradition, the lord Shiva received the celestial stream of Ganga into the matted locks of his hair.

Hillary's narrative, supplemented with excerpts from his crew's journals and many photographs, captures the excitement and danger of the expedition.

Illustrated throughout with monochrome and colour images.
Maps on end papers.

CONDITION
Excellent with wear/marks on dust jacket and marks on end papers and page edges, otherwise clean, gift inscription. Images depict all need to know detail.

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