Though it remains by far the world's most famous mountain, in recent years Everest's reputation has changed radically, with long queues of climbers on the Lhotse Face, lurid tales of frozen corpses and piles of high altitude trash. It wasn't always like this though. Once Everest was remote and inaccessible, a mysterious place, where only the bravest and most heroic dared to tread. The first attempt on Everest in 1922 by George Leigh Mallory and a British team is an extraordinary story full of controversy, drama and incident, populated by a set of larger than life characters straight out of Boys Own and Indiana Jones. The expedition ended in tragedy when, on their third bid for the top, Mallory's party was hit by an avalanche that left seven men dead. Using diaries, letters, published and unpublished accounts, Mick Conefrey creates a rich character driven narrative, exploring the motivations and private dramas of key individuals and detailing the back rooMick Conefrey is an award winning writer and documentary maker. He made the landmark BBC series Mountain Men and Icemen and The Race for Everest to mark the 60th anniversary of the first ascent. His previous books include Everest 1953, the winner of a LeggiMontagna award, and The Ghosts of K2 which won a US National Outdoor Book award in 2017.m politics and bitter rivalries that lay behind this epic adventure.
Up My Lifes Journey To The Top Of Everest
Fogle Ben,Fogle Marina
William Collins/Harper Collins Publishers
View From The Summit
Sir Edmund Hillary
Penguin Random House Group
Enough Climbing Toward A True Self On Mount Everest
Melissa Arnot Reid
Kurt Diemberger Omnibus Spirits Of The Air Summits And Secrets The Endless Knot
Kurt Diemberger
The Mountaineers Books
A Life On The Edge Memoirs Of Everest And Beyond
Jim Whittaker
Everest The First Ascent The Untold Story Of Griffith Pugh The Man Who Made It Possible
Harriet Tuckey
Rider Books/Penguin Random House Group
Man Of Everest The Autobiography Of Tenzing
James Ramsey Ullman
Pilgrims Publishing Varanasi
Everest Reflections From The Top
Christine Gee
Summit A Novel
Harry Farthing
Westland Books/Nasadiya Technologies Private Limited
No Mountain Too High
Dr Kumaran Rasappan,Juleen Shaw
Marshall Cavendish Ltd.
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