Signed on the half-title page by 9 of the Everest expedition members, including John Hunt (the team leader), George Lowe, Alfred Gregory (expedition photographer and author), Times correspondent Jan [James] Morris, Michael Westmacott, Ed[mund] Hillary, Michael Ward, Charles Wylie, and George Band. Reproduced with the authority of the Joint Himalayan Commitee of the Royal Geographic Society, and the Alpine Club from the original coloured pictures taken by members of the British Mount Everest Expedition of 1953.