Man Of Everest: The Autobiography of Tenzing by James Ramsey Ullman

about the book

Man of Everest is the story of man who had been inspired by, and finally devoted his life to the mountains of the Great Himalaya. Spoken as true son of the soil Tenzing through the capable pen of James Ramsey Ullman, tells us in his own words of his devotion to and fascination with the greatest of all the Himalayan Peaks Cholomungma commonly known to us as Mount Everest and of how in the end with his colleagues of the famed Hunt expedition , he finally was one of the first to set foot on is summit. The great Humaility of the man was shown in his appreciation of the fact that fortune had allowed him to be one of the main participants in achieving this great feat. Tenzing, a simple man from the mountains, who overnight became an international hero. Tenzing, always a gentleman, never allowed the fame to change his basic simple ways. I was privileged to be his friend.