1954 SOUTH COL SIGNED WILFRID NOYCE 1ST EDITION MOUNT EVEREST HIKING CLIMBING $$

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SOUTH COL
ONE MAN'S ADVENTURES ON THE ASCENT OF EVEREST, 1953
1954;
Signed Wilfrid Noyce; 1st Edition;
London, William Heinemann Ltd.; Illustrated;
Full Rebound Leather
; 303 Pages; w5.7"xh8.6";
Very
Rare!
ATTRIBUTES:
Beautiful full brown leather cover design with Mountain symbol in navy blue leather to both sides with front lower title in gold, Author's name in gold to spine, with a lovely color photo frontispiece, signed by Author to lower title page, with five maps, three other color plates, 16 line drawn illustrations, and 48 wonderful photo illustrations, and a Great Read!
SUMMARY:
Cuthbert Wilfrid Francis Noyce
(31 December 1917 – 24 July 1962) (usually known as
Wilfrid Noyce
(often misspelt as 'Wilfred'), some sources give third forename as
Frank
) was an
English
mountaineer
and
author
. He was a member of the
1953 British Expedition
that made the
first ascent
of
Mount Everest
.
The
1953 British Mount Everest expedition
was the ninth mountaineering expedition to attempt the
first ascent
of
Mount Everest
, and the first confirmed to have succeeded when
Tenzing Norgay
and
Edmund Hillary
reached the summit on 29 May 1953. Led by
Colonel
John Hunt
, it was organised and financed by the
Joint Himalayan Committee
. News of the expedition's success reached London in time to be released on the morning of
Queen Elizabeth II's coronation
, on the 2nd of June that year.
Wilfrid Noyce recounts his involvement in the 1953 British expedition in his South Col. It's a much more personal account than the official Ascent of Everest, by expedition leader John Hunt. It's nice to hear some of the finer details of the expedition that would make official accounts less tidy, such as George Lowe joking around by removing his dentures, or George Band telling a newspaper man who was haggling him that their summit assault would commence with Spitfires circling the South Col. Astronaut Buzz Aldrin famously complained that NASA never sent a poet to the moon, but the British were intelligent enough to send one to Everest.
Not only does Noyce include poetry at the end of the book, he writes in a contemplative style that adds some wonder and beauty to the process of climbing the world's highest mountain. It takes him a while to get to Everest, but his writing makes it well worth the wait.
CONDITION:
Condition is Good+/Very Good. MORE PICS BELOW DESCRIPTION. Some wear to corners, few blemishes to boards, pages/hinges/text block are very good!
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