The definitive account of one of the 20th Century's greatest explorers and adventurers with Sir Edmund Hillary talking candidly about his life and the events that made him famous.
On 29th of May 1953, Sir Edmund Hillary and a Nepalese Sherpa, Tenzing Norgay, became the ... more
first climbers to conquer Mount Everest, the highest place on earth, and in so doing became heroes across the world. The climb, under auspices of the British Empire, was led by Colonel John Hunt, a true British Gentlemen.This fascinating programme is the definitive account of one of the last truly great 20th Century explorers and adventurers, for which Sir Edmund Hillary has granted exclusive access to his letters and photographs, and shares deeply personal feelings about the triumphs and tragedies of his life, including the deaths of his wife and daughter in an aircrash in 1975.Hillary talks candidly about the forces that shaped him and takes us behind the scenes of the great events that made him famous.This DVD includes archive footage of Hillary's descent as well as incredible footage of Everest itself.
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We had a bay window fitted in 2006 by Everest with a sash opening.
The fitters took an afternoon to do the job.Shortly afterwards we noticed the window would not open.Some weeks later another team arrived an attempted a repair.This was to prove the start of a very long running saga.
Our decorator noticed light coming throung under the sill,and was scathing about the workmanship.
It was to be almost 12 months before the window was finally made 'good'.
We had a succession of fitters coming to alter and add parts etc.One of the fitters commented that the original fitters had used the wrong technique to insert the sash window.Also they had not advised us to take off the radiator before fitting the window,but carried on with the job anyway.
We now have a bay sash window which opens but has evidence of poor workmanship to ...
Denbighshire 31.01.2009
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: helpful Review of Everest Windows
Advantages: heat retention, excellent products, workmen are tidy, long lasting products Disadvantages: a little expensive
Everest Windows- say this to some people and they get animated- they say how expensive they are, how pushy their salesmen are and how they would never use them.
Some people even mention Ted Moult! (do you remember him with his feather sitting next to a window in the highest pub in England (the Tan Hill) ?? I do!
I don't like to pre-judge and when I hear people slagging companies off I have to make my own mind up...so when I decided to get double glazing, I got several quotations- the other companies were less expensive but they insisted on doing Everest down. The Everest salesman did not mention any other company at all- he just got down to measuring up, putting the details onto some graph paper and giving me a quotation.
The cheaper firms lost their sales that day! I had 15 windows (and they were mostly big ones) fitted about ...
ginger59 02.09.2003
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Advantages: Made me laugh. Disadvantages: Waste of time.
I have just had somebody from Hillarys come to measure up and give me a quote on wooden venetian blinds for two 4ft wide windows.
The quote was £622.00!!!
John Lewis supply the same sort of blinds for £55.00 or £75.00 each, depending on the wood. I can fit them myself and save £472.00.
A friend had vertical blinds installed on all the front windows of her 1930's bay-windowed semi for half of the price I was quoted.
Clearly Hillarys are trying to rip me off and I can only assume it is because others have actually considered such crazy pricing to be acceptable.
Anyway, the quote was free and at least I had a laugh but if anybody knows of a reasonably priced company in the Surbiton area I would be glad of their details. ...
The definitive account of one of the 20th Century's greatest explorers and adventurers with Sir Edmund Hillary talking candidly about his life and the events that made him famous.
Release details
DVD Region
DVD
Studio(s)
PRISM LEISURE
Release date
07/06/2004
No of Discs
1
Catalogue No
PPA 1545
Barcode
5014293154550
Languages
Main Language
English
Technical information
Aspect Ratio
4:3
Sound
Dolby Digital Stereo
Dubbing Sound
Dolby Digital Stereo English
DVD Description
The definitive account of one of the 20th Century's greatest explorers and adventurers with Sir Edmund Hillary talking candidly about his life and the events that made him famous.
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