The first man to set foot on the summit of Everest, the man wholed a team of tractors to the South Pole, the man whojetboatedup the Ganges from the ocean to the sky has, for the first time,gathered all the remarkable adventures of a long life into onevolume. But there is more to Edmund Hillary than this. He is alsothe man who repaid his debt of fame to the Himalayas byinaugurating a programme of building schools, clinics, airstripsand bridges in Nepal. With his still active support, these havegone from strength to strength in the fifty years since he himselfmastered the Hillary Step and led his companion Tenzing Norgayup Everest's final summit ridge.view from the summit is a thoughtful and honest reappraisal ofa life spent pushing human ability to its limits and relishing thechallenges thrown down by the elements. It is also the story ofa man whom the world has taken to its heart.