Kingdom Of Adventure Everest Author:James Ramsey Ullman KINGDOM OF ADVENTURE EVEREST A chronicle of mans assault on the earths highest mountain narrated by the participants and with an accompanying text by James Ramsey Ullman - Contents l. The High Road Introduction page i 2. The Unknown Discovery and Approach page 31 3. First Assault The Expedition of 1922 page 79 4. Second Assault The Expedition o... more »f 1924 page 135 5. Siege The Expeditions of the Thirties page 209 CONTENTS 6. Wings Everest from the Air page 269 7. How When The Problems page 289 8. Why The Men and the Motives page 349 Appendices L An Everest Chronology page 389 2. Biographical Notes page 390 3. Glossary of Mountaineering Terms page 398 4, Reading List page 399 Index page 403 Illustrations and Maps Summit of the World between pages 6 and 7 The Himalayas a map East Rongbuk Glacier Glacier Camp Loading at Dochen between pages 22 and 23 The Monastery at Shekar Dzong. . The Long Trail a map The Kama Valley The Rongbuk Monastery Everest from Base Camp opposite page 86 The Route toward the Summit a map opposite page 87 Tigers opposite page 1 18 North Col Camp and the Northeast Ridge, . opposite page 1 19 George Leigh-Mallory opposite page 150 Everesters opposite page 151 ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAPS The Northeast Ridge and Shoulder . between pages 1 82 and 1 83 TT1 TT 1 Ultima Tnuie Norton at 28,000 Feet Mallorys Last Note opposite page 2 14 The Mists Close in opposite page 215 Ice Towers on the EastRongbuk Glacier. . . opposite page 246 Everesters opposite page 247 Camp IV on the Col opposite page 278 So Near yet So Far opposite page 279 Looking up opposite page 3 10 Looking down The White Ramparts of Asia opposite page 3 1 1 A World of Snow and Stone between pages 342 and 343 The Loads Go up King of the Blizzard The Challengers Man Proposes opposite page 374 The Unvanquished opposite page 375« less