Into the Silence: the Great War, Mallory, and the Conquest of Everest - Wade Davis - Books - Vintage - 9780375708152 - October 2, 2012
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Into the Silence: the Great War, Mallory, and the Conquest of Everest 9.2.2012 edition

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Into the Silence: the Great War, Mallory, and the Conquest of Everest 9.2.2012 edition

The definitive story of the British adventurers who survived the trenches of World War I and went on to risk their lives climbing Mount Everest.
 
On June 6, 1924, two men set out from a camp perched at 23,000 feet on an ice ledge just below the lip of Everest?s North Col. George Mallory, thirty-seven, was Britain?s finest climber. Sandy Irvine was a twenty-two-year-old Oxford scholar with little previous mountaineering experience. Neither of them returned.
 
Drawing on more than a decade of prodigious research, bestselling author and explorer Wade Davis vividly re-creates the heroic efforts of Mallory and his fellow climbers, setting their significant achievements in sweeping historical context: from Britain?s nineteen-century imperial ambitions to the war that shaped Mallory?s generation. Theirs was a country broken, and the Everest expeditions emerged as a powerful symbol of national redemption and hope. In Davis?s rich exploration, he creates a timeless portrait of these remarkable men and their extraordinary times.

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released October 2, 2012
ISBN13 9780375708152
Publishers Vintage
Pages 688
Dimensions 131 × 203 × 33 mm   ·   653 g
Language English  

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