Lost on Everest: The Search for Mallory and Irvine - Hardcover

Firstbrook, Peter

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0771031297 ISBN 13: 9780771031298

Publisher: McClelland & Stewart, 1999

Synopsis

ON JUNE 8, 1924, GEORGE MALLORY AND ANDREW IRVINE LEFT THEIR TENT HIGH ON THE SLOPES OF MOUNT EVEREST AND CLIMBED INTO HISTORY. THEY WERE SEEN AT 12.50 P.M. JUST 7909 FEET FROM THE SUMMIT AND GOING STRONG FOR THE TOP. WITHIN MINUTES, MALLRY AND IRVINE HAD DISAPPEARED IN A SNOWSTORM AND WERE NEVER SEEN ALIVE AGAIN. WHAT HAPPENED TO THESE TWO PIONEERING CLIMBERS IS THE MOST FAMOUS MYSTERY IN THE HISTORY OF MOUNTAINEERING. FOR 75 YEARS, THERE HAS BEEN FIERCE DEBATE OVER WHETHER THEY WERE THE FIRST TO REACH THE SMIIT, 29 YEARS BEFORE SIR EDMUND HILLARY AND SHERPA TENZING NORGAY./LOST ON EVEREST: THE SEARCH FOR MALLRY AND IRVINE IS AN ETRAORDINARY TALE OF HIGH ADVENTURE BY THE AUTHOR OF THE VOYAGE OF THE MATTHEW.

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Review:

"...a thrilling detective story...a moving testament to the mountain and its community of climbers." The Independent on Sunday. "...a fascinating, well-told history of the original Mallory expeditions." Susan Reed, The New York Times Book Review; "...a marvellous blend of adventure, history, geopolitics and

About this edition

• Publisher: McClelland & Stewart
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0771031297
• ISBN 13: 9780771031298
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 224