An autobiography that has its place in any collection of works on the mountain. At a time Everest has become a highway dollars, it is good to read the stories of these pioneers of the Himalayas to whose side we are only children. If like many others, Hillary was sometimes hostage to the nationalist context of the time, the adventure remained the engine. He had the great merit of having put his title of nobility causes useful service in Nepal. However it is regrettable a rather technical style, typical of many contemporary accounts. There was little emotion in this text and the section of the book dedicated to polar expeditions is more of gross logistical planning as a literary work. And what of the exploration methods used! Fortunately things have changed.
