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Lot #239
Edmund Hillary

“A few more whacks with my ice-axe and Tenzing and I stood on top of Everest. It was eleven thirty a.m. on May 29th 1953.”

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“A few more whacks with my ice-axe and Tenzing and I stood on top of Everest. It was eleven thirty a.m. on May 29th 1953.”

Souvenir typescript, one page, 8.5 x 11, entitled Ascent. In part, 'I chipped steps over bump after bump, wondering a little desperately where the top could be...A few more whacks with my ice-axe and Tenzing and I stood on top of Everest. It was eleven thirty a.m. on May 29th 1953.' Nicely signed at the bottom in black ink. In fine condition. RRAuction COA.

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  • Dates: #285 - Ended May 19, 2004