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In April 1999, the Mallory and Irvine Research Expedition team set out to retrace the steps of the 1924 expedition. Their aim was to find out the truth behind the many theories about what happened on that fateful first climb. The Ghosts of Everest describes in carefully researched detail the two expeditions, weaving together both climbs with blow- by-blow accounts of the challenges and dangers encountered. Combining a lucid text with archive photographs of the original expedition and breathtaking colour shots of the new climb, this is a fascinating book of considerable power. --Barry Forshaw
This riveting story has captured the world's attention, three-quarters of a century after the mystery began. What happened to Everest climbers George Mallory and Andrew Irvine on June 8, 1924, the day they set out on their summit bid only to disappear without any evidence of their fate or possible achievement? Were these two brave pioneers, whose determination has inspired generations of climbers, the first to reach the summit of the world's highest mountain, 29 years before Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay? How did they perish? Seventy-five years later, do we now have the answers?
Set against the backdrop of the 1924 expedition and historical clues from subsequent expeditions, and illustrated throughout with archival photographs and exclusive photos from the 1999 climb, this book brings to life the events surrounding the original ill-fated climb, while following the 1999 expedition team as it retraces the route up the North Col and makes its astounding discovery. Meticulously researched and with new evidence and artifacts found on the mountain, it sheds revealing light on the 75-year-old mystery and two of the greatest heroes of our time.
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