Everest, the first ascent : the untold story of Griffith Pugh, the man who made it possible / Harriet Tuckey.
TITLE:
Everest, the first ascent : the untold story of Griffith Pugh, the man who made it possible / Harriet Tuckey.
Alternate Title:
Untold story of Griffith Pugh, the man who made it possible
By:
Publication Date:
2013
Publication Information:
London : Rider Books,
Physical Description:
400 p. : ill.
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
Tells the story of the doctor and physiologist Griffith Pugh, without whom the successful conquest of Everest by Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay would not have been possible. Recruited as an advisor in 1952, Pugh battled for fifteen months - in the face of opposition, suspicion and ridicule - to revolutionise almost every aspect of British high-altitude mountaineering, transforming the approach to oxygen, clothing, boots, tents, air beds, fitness, hygiene, health-care, diet and acclimatisation. The results were a stunning success and opened the door to the golden age of Himalayan climbing. Pugh's techniques are still in use today, yet he has never enjoyed popular credit for his work.
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781846043499
