ON THE MORNING OF 2 JUNE 1953, THE DAY OF QUEEN ELIZABETH`S CORONATION, THE FIRST NEWS BROKE THAT EVEREST HAD FINALLY BEEN CONQUERED. DRAWING ON FIRST-HAND INTERVIEWS AND UNPRECEDENTED ACCESS TO ARCHIVES, THIS IS A GROUND-BREAKING NEW ACCOUNT OF THAT EXTRAORDINARY FIRST ASCENT. REVEALING THAT WHAT HAS GONE DOWN IN HISTORY AS A SUPREMELY WELL-PLANNED EXPEDITION WAS ACTUALLY BESET BY CRISIS AND CONTROVERSY, EVEREST 1953 RECOUNTS A BYGONE AGE OF SELF-SACRIFICE AND HEROISM, USING LETTERS AND PERSONAL DIARIES TO REVEAL THE IMMENSE STRESS AND HEARTACHE THE CLIMBERS OFTEN HID FROM THEIR FELLOW TEAM MEMBERS. CHARTING HOW THE ASCENT AFFECTED THE ORIGINAL TEAM -IN SUBSEQUENT YEARS AND DETAILING ITS IMMENSE CULTURAL IMPACT TODAY, EVEREST 1953 IS THE PERFECT BOOK TO COMMEMORATE THIS REMARKABLE FEAT OF THE HUMAN WILL.
राणी एलिझाबेथच्या राज्याभिषेका दिवशी 2 जून 1953 रोजी एव्हरेस्टवरच्या पहिल्या चढाईची बातमी आली. गिर्यारोहणाच्या इतिहासातला हा सुवर्णक्षण. तसं पाहता ही एक सुनियोजित मोहीम होती, पण तरी अनेक अडथळ्यांनी आणि विरोधाभासानं ती अधिकाधिक खडतर होत गेली. गिर्यारोहकांच्या डायऱ्या, त्यांची पत्रं अशा असंख्य दस्तावेजातून एव्हरेस्ट चढाईची पट उलगडत जातो. या थक्क करणाऱ्या प्रवासाचा पुनर्अनुभव देत हे पुस्तक 1953च्या इतिहासाची सफर घडवतं.