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On 8th June 1924 Geroge Mallory and Andrew Irvine set off from camp at 26, 700 fett, bound for the summit of Everest. They were watched by Noel Odell who, in a famous despatch to the Times, described how the clouds parted to unveil the summit ridge and final peak of the roof of the world. He watched as the two black dots made towards the top, but after five minutes the clouds rolled in. They were never seen alive again.
Did Mallory and Irvine conquer Everest almost 30 years before Hillary and Tenzing? How did they die? Where they the Olympian heroes described by history? Was George Mallory - friend of Lytton Strachey, Duncan Grant and Rupert Brooke - attempting to fulfill some poetic ideal by choosing as his climbing partner the inexperienced young Irvine?
Did Mallory and Irvine conquer Everest almost 30 years before Hillary and Tenzing? How did they die? Where they the Olympian heroes described by history? Was George Mallory - friend of Lytton Strachey, Duncan Grant and Rupert Brooke - attempting to fulfill some poetic ideal by choosing as his climbing partner the inexperienced young Irvine?
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"An authoritative book... prepared to debunk one of mountaineering's most cherished beliefs" (Observer)
"It is extremely well researched and gives an excellent picture of the climbing scene." (Mountain Magazine)
"Fascinating" (Mail on Sunday)
"A fantastic read and an excellent piece of scholarship" (Irish Independent)
"An enthralling story" (Illustrated London News)
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"It is extremely well researched and gives an excellent picture of the climbing scene." (Mountain Magazine)
"Fascinating" (Mail on Sunday)
"A fantastic read and an excellent piece of scholarship" (Irish Independent)
"An enthralling story" (Illustrated London News)
The astonishing and compelling story of the greatest mystery in mountaineering - here fully revised in light of the discovery of Mallory's body on Everest.
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- PublisherPimlico
- Publication date2010
- ISBN 10 1845951700
- ISBN 13 9781845951702
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages416
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