Why this lender recommends it

"What could be more fascinating than the mystery of Mallory and Irvine? The scenario proposed by Tom Holzel, according to which Mallory continued alone to the summit with oxygen, leaving the less experienced Irvine to descend, was refuted by the discovery of Mallory's body in 1999. It showed a wound around his chest caused by the rope, strongly suggesting that they were roped together and fell together. And then there are mysteries within the mystery. The mystery of the Second Step. Not feasible with the equipment of the time, according to, among others, Rheinold Meissner. Feasible, says Tom Holzel, if you interpret it in a certain way (which I didn't quite understand). And why did Mallory choose Irvine as his companion, inexperienced even though he was very skilled at repairing oxygen equipment? And where did the cameras go? And the photo of Ruth that Mallory had promised to leave at the summit?" - Reviewer on Goodreads.com

About this book

On 8th June 1924 Geroge Mallory and Andrew Irvine set off from camp at 26,700 feet, 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 some poetic ideal by choosing as his climbing partner the inexperienced young Irvine?

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Light wear on the corner