Keywords
Arete, Sport and Society, American Sport History, Mount Everest, 50th anniversary, Mountain climbers
Subjects
Mountaineering; Mount Everest Expedition
Introduction
The second of June is the anniversary of the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II of England. On that same day in 1953 news arrived in London that Sir Edmund Hilary and Tenzing Norgay had reached the summit of Mount Everest a few days earlier on May 29th. It seemed like a fortuitous convergence of events celebrating resurgent British Imperial power. In fact it was but an illusion, a false echo of past glory for a fading empire economically drained by the ravages of war.
Publication Date
6-5-2003
Document Type
Commentary
Type
Text
Format
application/pdf
Source Title
Sport and Society for Arete
Language
English
Collection
Publication Version
Author's version
Copyright Status
Author retained
College
College of Arts and Humanities
Department
History
Creator (Linked Data)
Crepeau, Richard C., 1941- (VIAF)
Recommended Citation
Crepeau, Richard C., "50th Anniversary of the Everest Conquest and the Everest Obsession" (2003). On Sport and Society. 555.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/onsportandsociety/555
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