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Definitive Mallory Mystery Investigation

Ghosts of Everest : The Only Authorized Story of the Se

by Jochen Hemmleb, Larry A. Johnson, Eric R. Simonson

Publisher: Pan Macmillan

Paperback ISBN: 9780330393799 6 Oct 2000 197 x 130 (mm) 218g

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Did Mallory and Irvine reach Everest's summit 30 years before Hillary and Tenzing? Until now, clues about what happened to these two Everest pioneers had been scant and misleading. Until now, no one has known whether they reached the summit. Until now, no one has known where or how they perished.

This is a detective story of the first order. It is the story not just of Mallory and Irvine's last climb, but of the team of climbers and researchers who, together, found the body of perhaps Britain's greatest mountaineer and uncovered the startling story he had waited so long to reveal.

Written by the three key members of the team, and incorporating extensive interviews with other team members, this is the dramatic unfolding of both the 1999 and 1924 expeditions, woven together into a compelling narrative. The definitive account that has become an instant classic.