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Thu Jan 14, 2010 5:16 pmby ksolem
I read “Ghosts of Everest, The Search for Mallory and Irvine," by Jochen Hemmleb, Lrry A. Johnson and Eric R. Simonson.
This book documents the expedition which found Mallory’s body high on Everest in 1999. It also gives good coverage of the basic info available about Mallory and Irvine’s climb and possible scenarios as to what happened.
It is not comprehensive but has great pictures and is a good read. Also, it includes a good set of footnotes, a detailed appendix of Mallory/Irvine expedition statistics and a list of selected references if you want to dig deeper.
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Thu Jan 14, 2010 6:29 pmby Nelson
Look into "An Afterclap of Fate: Mallory on Everest" by Charles Lind, one of the more unusual entries in the Mallory story.
It won the 2007 Boardman-Tasker award and was a finalist at the Banff Festival. Can be hard to find a copy, but worth seeking out. Whether you agree with the author's conclusion or not, you consider the various possibilities. Good read.
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Fri Jan 15, 2010 2:56 amby attimount
I have the "Last Climb" -The legendary Everest expedition of George Mallory- edited by National Gheographic.
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Fri Jan 15, 2010 5:56 pmby Big Benn
I found "The Mystery of Mallory & Irvine" a superb read.
Indeed I'm about to read it again!
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Sat Jan 16, 2010 11:28 pmby Alpinisto
Tooms, check your PMs.
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Sat Jan 16, 2010 11:30 pmby BigMitch
I almost never read fiction, but the biographical fiction "Paths of Glory" by Jeffery Archer was a delight book. I cold not put the book down.
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Sun Jan 17, 2010 7:10 amby Nelson
I now see that the 1927 biography of Mallory by David Pye has been republished. I've not read it but it has always received high marks. Tony Astill includes it in his list of top 100 British mountaineering books:
http://www.ronwatters.com/BkAstill.htm
Tony's site here:
http://www.les-alpes-livres.com/
This is the only biography of Mallory written by someone who knew him personally. Might have to pick up a copy one of these days...
http://www.topworldbooks.com/detail.aspx?s=22970
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Wed Jan 20, 2010 5:51 amby Luciano136
BigMitch wrote:I almost never read fiction, but the biographical fiction "Paths of Glory" by Jeffery Archer was a delight book. I cold not put the book down.
I just finished that book tonight. I might read some of the other suggestions in this thread.
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Wed Jan 20, 2010 6:00 amby Luciano136
On a side note, when and where is that documentary?
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Thu Jan 21, 2010 6:49 pmby Luciano136
Toomsdpt wrote:There are a lot of reviews and info on the movie/documentary "The Wildest Dream" which is supposed to air on National Geopgraphic. I even read somewhere that it may hit IMAX theaters in August. Has a host of celebrities doing voice work like Liam Neeson and Ralph Fiennes.
http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=60767
They need to make this in IMAX 3D, it would be fantastic!!!