George Mallory's collected writings on his mountaineering - and his motivations. Famously impelled to climb Mount Everest simply because it was there, Mallory made three attempts to be the first to reach its summit, and perished on the third. His writing reveals the emotional life of the mountaineer[...]
Discusses the life of British mountain climber, George Mallory, the discovery of his body seventy-five years after his death, and the debate over whether Mallory was the first person to reach the top of Mount Everest.[...]
An in-depth portrait of Mallory, offering insight into the man behind the myth and the controversy.
A poem on George Herbert Leigh-Mallory and Andrew 'Sandy' Comyn Irvine, the two heroic climbers who, in June 1924, likely succeeded in being the very first men on top of Everest - and disappeared forever in the mists of time. But was this truly their greatest goal, is the real mystery whether they a[...]
This was the first of several biographies of the famous Everest pioneer and arguably the first to conquer the mountain, whose perfectly preserved body was dramatically recovered in 1999. Most importantly, it is the only biography written by a contemporary, fellow mountaineer and close friend.[...]