{"product_id":"everest-surgeon-michael-ward-and-the-exploration-of-high-asia-9781036192143","title":"Everest Surgeon: Michael Ward and the Exploration of High Asia","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Riaz Dean\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Pen and Sword History\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Pen and Sword History\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Adventurers \u0026amp; Explorers\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Ward's biography chronicles a lifelong ascent of Everest and other pioneering expeditions, revealing a physician-explorer shaping mountaineering history.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is the first biography of Michael Ward (1925-2005): mountaineer, surgeon, scientist, explorer and writer. Amongst his many accomplishments, it describes - from his unique perspective - the first ascent of Mount Everest in 1953, when he was expedition doctor. Before this, he instigated the 1951 Reconnaissance Expedition, which discovered the route climbers would take to Everest's summit after poring over forgotten maps and aerial photographs.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDuring the ground-breaking 1960-61 Himalayan Scientific and Mountaineering Expedition, he led the first ascent of the iconic Ama Dablam, notably during winter, a climb considered years ahead of its time. As an explorer, he was one of the first Europeans to travel through, and map, the remote northern regions of Bhutan, while conducting a medical survey of its inhabitants. He went on to write the first textbook on mountain medicine, which remains in print today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1981, just as China was opening up following its turbulent Cultural Revolution, Ward organised and led an expedition there, which made the first ascent of Mount Kongur. The following year, the Royal Geographic Society awarded him its highest honour, the Founder's (Gold) Medal.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWard climbed with some of the legends of mountaineering: Eric Shipton, Ed Hillary, Tenzing Norgay and Chris Bonington; and this book relates many stories during his time with them. It also contains never-before published material, including Ward's view of some controversial incidents during that history-making climb of Everest, as his widow allowed full access to his expedition diaries and his unpublished, hand-written autobiography.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pen and Sword History","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47889442078871,"sku":"9781036192143","price":2179.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781036192143.webp?v=1781176464","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/everest-surgeon-michael-ward-and-the-exploration-of-high-asia-9781036192143","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}