High Adventure: Our Ascent of the Everest by Edmund Hillary A wealthy Greek businessman is

A wealthy Greek businessman is found dead at his London home…

with an argument that runs only about a hundred pages

incident and suspense

Three seemingly unrelated events occur on a single morning in London

King’s propulsive story kicks into high gear

High Adventure: Our Ascent of the Everest by Edmund Hillary A wealthy Greek businessman isThe authoritative first person account of Hillary and Tenzing s ascent of Mount Everest, reissued on the 60th anniversary of this landmark achievement. In 1953, when he was thirty three years old, Edmund Hillary became the first man to stand at the summit of Mount Everest, the Holy Grail for a generation of mountain climbers who had tried and failed to reach the highest point on earth (29,035 feet). High Adventure is Hillary s definitive and