Jerstad climbed Mount Everest as part of the 1963 American Everest team which also placed Jim Whittaker, Tom Hornbein & Willie Unsoeld on the summit. Hardcover book entitled "The Book of Modern Mountaineering" edited by Malcolm Milne, published by G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1968, signed on page 29 at top of large picture of Everest "To Bill Best Wishes Lute Jerstad". Great compliation of mountain writing by such climbers as Bonington, Houston, Murray, Robbins, Tilman, Shipton, Roch & Hunt.