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Celebrate the First Ascent of Mount Everest

May 13, 2013 | obrienbc

In May of 1963 the first group of Americans reached the summit of Mount Everest, the world’s tallest mountain. Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the expedition with these books and DVDs.

The vast unknown: America's first ascent of Everest by Broughton Coburn

Last Hours on Everest: The Gripping Story of Mallory & Irvine?s Fatal Ascent by Hoyland, Graham

The wildest dream [videodisc]: conquest of Everest by National Geographic Entertainment ; an Altitude Films production in association with Atlantic Productions

Blindsight [videodisc produced by Sybil Robson ; directed by Lucy Walker

Dark summit: the true story of Everest's most controversial season by Nick Heil

Everest [videodisc]

Everest: summit of achievement by Royal Geographical Society, London

Into thin air: a personal account of the Mount Everest disaster by Jon Krakauer

Into the silence: the Great War, Mallory, and the conquest of Everest