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GtrsRGr8 · 06-10-2014, 03:32 AM

I'd sure like to have this one, but my budget's busted from some other ebook purchases. I think that I could have "found" the funds, though, if this had a Whispersync companion . . . .

Everest - The First Ascent: How a Champion of Science Helped to Conquer the Mountain. By Harriet Tuckey. Print list price $26.95; digital list price $21.50; Kindle price now $1.99. http://www.amazon.com/Everest-Champi...r+the+Mountain.

Book Description
Already awarded a prize by the Biographer’s Club, Harriet Tuckey’s book is both the history of what went into the first successful ascent of Mt. Everest in 1953 and a biography of her father, Dr Griffith Pugh, whose role was absolutely pivotal, yet mostly untold. As the expedition’s physiological consultant, Pugh designed almost every aspect of the survival strategy for the expedition, the acclimatization program, the oxygen- and fluid-intake regime, the diet, the clothing and the high altitude boots. Without him and his work, the ascent of Everest would have been impossible.

06-10-2014, 03:32 AM	#43
GtrsRGr8 Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,334 Karma: 27815322 Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Southeastern U.S., ya'll Device: Kindle; Kindle (10.1.1) for PC; Kindle Cloud Reader	A Huge Markdown on Kindle about Making the First Ascent of Mount Everest I'd sure like to have this one, but my budget's busted from some other ebook purchases. I think that I could have "found" the funds, though, if this had a Whispersync companion . . . . Everest - The First Ascent: How a Champion of Science Helped to Conquer the Mountain. By Harriet Tuckey. Print list price $26.95; digital list price $21.50; Kindle price now $1.99. http://www.amazon.com/Everest-Champi...r+the+Mountain. Book Description Already awarded a prize by the Biographer’s Club, Harriet Tuckey’s book is both the history of what went into the first successful ascent of Mt. Everest in 1953 and a biography of her father, Dr Griffith Pugh, whose role was absolutely pivotal, yet mostly untold. As the expedition’s physiological consultant, Pugh designed almost every aspect of the survival strategy for the expedition, the acclimatization program, the oxygen- and fluid-intake regime, the diet, the clothing and the high altitude boots. Without him and his work, the ascent of Everest would have been impossible. Last edited by GtrsRGr8; 06-10-2014 at 03:34 AM.