Climbing Everest Peter Gillman

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George Mallory belongs to a short but distinguished line of literary mountaineers such as Joe Simpson, Jon Krakauer and Edward Whymper. He answered the question Why climb Everest with the dry put down Because it is there. In this book his published writings on Everest are collected.

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Climbing Everest: The Collected Writings of George Leigh Mallory by Peter Gillman

Collection of published writings on the Everest by George Mallory, the man who may have been the first man to reach its top 29 years before Hillary. George Mallory belongs to a short but distinguished line of literary mountaineers such as Joe Simpson, Jon Krakauer and Edward Whymper, the conqueror of the Matterhorn. He answered the questioned 'Why climb Everest' with the dry put down 'Because it is there.' In this book his published writings on Everest are collected for the first time.

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'Bold, innovative and inspirational.' Peter Gillman, introduction

About Peter Gillman

George Leigh Mallory was the only climber to take part in all three of the British pioneering expeditions to Mount Everest in the 1920s. Born in 1886, he died a few days short of his 38th birthday, while making a summit attempt with his young companion, Andrew Irvine. Mallory was the son of a clergyman, an idealist and a romantic, and he was married with three small children. A schoolmaster by profession, he switched in 1923 from teaching boys to teaching adults, which he found very rewarding. During the Great War of 1914-18 he had served at the front as a gunner. He was a neat and bold rock climber and a competent ice climber, but his greatest assets were vivacity and a love of adventure. He would seize the moment and encourage his fellow climbers to follow. If he had a weakness, it was the failure to recognize when he had given enough. He was charismatic and absent-minded, which may have proved a fatal flaw.

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GOR010949381

ISBN 13

9781903933305

ISBN 10

1903933307

Title

Climbing Everest: The Collected Writings of George Leigh Mallory by Peter Gillman

Author

Peter Gillman

Condition

Used - Well Read

Binding type

Hardback

Publisher

Gibson Square Books Ltd

Year published

20100921

Number of pages

224

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