George Leigh Mallory: A Memoir

by David Pye
George Leigh Mallory: A Memoir
  • ISBN-13: 9789745240100
  • Author(s): David Pye
  • Foreword by: George Mallory
  • Subject: Climbing & mountaineering
  • Publisher: Kodansha Europe Head Office
  • Imprint: Orchid Press
  • Publication Date: 29-09-2002
  • Format: h/b

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This was the first of several biographies of the famous Everest pioneer and arguably the first to conquer the mountain, whose perfectly preserved body was dramatically recovered in 1999. Most importantly, it is the only biography written by a contemporary, fellow mountaineer and close friend. This first of several biographies of the Everest pioneer, George Mallory, whose body was dramatically recovered on the mountain 1999, is the only one to be written by a contemporary fellow mountaineer, and close personal friend. Long regarded as containing some of the finest
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This was the first of several biographies of the famous Everest pioneer and arguably the first to conquer the mountain, whose perfectly preserved body was dramatically recovered in 1999. Most importantly, it is the only biography written by a contemporary, fellow mountaineer and close friend. This first of several biographies of the Everest pioneer, George Mallory, whose body was dramatically recovered on the mountain 1999, is the only one to be written by a contemporary fellow mountaineer, and close personal friend. Long regarded as containing some of the finest